Improving the Communication of Dental Findings in Pediatric Dentistry by Using Intraoral Scans as a Visual Aid: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this first randomized clinical trial (RCT) was to determine whether intraoral scans (IOS) can be used as a visual aid to improve the communication of dental findings in pediatric dentistry. Therefore, 60 children (mean age 10.1 ± 3.3 years) and their accompanying parents/primary caregivers were examined between July 2022 and February 2023. Patients were randomly allocated to two groups: half of the participants were informed of the children's dental findings including treatment plans by verbal explanation alone (control group, n = 30), while the other half were informed using IOS (Trios 4, 3Shape) as a visual aid to support the verbal explanation (study group, n = 30). Both groups then completed a questionnaire regarding their children's diagnosis, treatment needs,

SUBMITTER: Schulz-Weidner N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10814675 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature