Optimizing mHealth Interventions for Children's Oral Hygiene: A Factorial Trial.

Behavioral interventions can improve children's oral hygiene practices. The multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) offers a framework to prepare, optimize, and evaluate behavioral interventions. This optimization trial tested 3 intervention components-brief motivational interviewing (MI), storytelling videos (STVs), and oral health promotion messages (OHPMs)-in enhancing mother's self-reported brushing of their preschool children's teeth.

The Effect of Social Media on the Decision to Have Aesthetics or Cosmetic Procedure: A Case-Control Study.

Background: Aesthetics or cosmetics procedures are among the most commonly performed procedures. More people are getting cosmetic treatments because of social media use. The study looked into the influence of social media on cosmetic dermatology decisions in Jordan.

Secondary prophylaxis for Clostridioides difficile infection for patients on non-C. difficile antibiotics: a retrospective cohort study.

Objectives: Recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) poses healthcare challenges and morbidity. Preventing recurrence with prophylactic oral CDI antibiotics lack consensus.

Methods: We used data from the largest healthcare provider in Israel to identify all adults aged 18 years or older diagnosed with a first episode of CDI (Index CDI) between February 2018 and December 2022 and subsequently received a non-CDI antibiotic within 2-8 weeks.

Effectiveness of silver diamine fluoride versus sodium fluoride varnish combined with mother's motivational interviewing for arresting early childhood caries: a randomized clinical trial.

Background: Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) has gained attention as one of the minimally invasive modalities to manage ECC although it causes black staining of treated carious lesions. A possible affordable alternative may be Sodium Fluoride (NaF) varnish combined with good oral hygiene promoted by parental Motivational Interviewing (MI). The study compared the effectiveness of 38% SDF solution and 5% NaF varnish supported by parental MI in arresting ECC.