Evaluation of an individually tailored oral health educational programme on periodontal health.

J Clin Periodontol

Department of Public Health and Caring Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

Published: October 2010

AI Article Synopsis

  • The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of an individually tailored oral health educational program (ITOHEP) for improving periodontal health, comparing it to a standard oral health education program (ST), and to determine their impact on non-surgical periodontal treatment outcomes after 12 months.
  • In a controlled trial with 113 participants, ITOHEP, which used cognitive behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing, resulted in significantly lower bleeding on probing scores than the ST group, demonstrating its potential for better outcomes in periodontal health.
  • Overall, ITOHEP combined with dental scaling yielded better treatment success rates compared to ST, suggesting that personalized education may enhance non-surgical periodontal treatment effectiveness.

Article Abstract

Aim: To evaluate an individually tailored oral health educational programme (ITOHEP) on periodontal health compared with a standard oral health educational programme. A further aim was to evaluate whether both interventions had a clinically significant effect on non-surgical periodontal treatment at 12-month follow-up.

Material And Method: A randomized, evaluator-blinded, controlled trial with 113 subjects (60 females and 53 males) randomly allocated into two different active treatments was used. ITOHEP was based on cognitive behavioural principles and motivational interviewing. The control condition was standard oral hygiene education (ST). The effect on bleeding on probing (BoP), periodontal pocket depth, "pocket closure" i.e. percentage of periodontal pocket >4 mm before treatment that were <5 mm after treatment, oral hygiene [plaque indices (PlI)], and participants' global rating of oral health was evaluated. Preset criteria for PlI, BoP, and "pocket closure" were used to describe clinically significant non-surgical periodontal treatment success.

Results: The ITOHEP group had lower BoP scores 12-month post-treatment (95% confidence interval: 5-15, p<0.001) than the ST group. No difference between the two groups was observed for "pocket closure" and reduction of periodontal pocket depth. More individuals in the ITOHEP group reached a level of treatment success. Lower PlI scores at baseline and ITOHEP intervention gave higher odds of treatment success.

Conclusions: ITOHEP intervention in combination with scaling is preferable to the ST programme in non-surgical periodontal treatment.

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