Department of Preventive Dentistry, Tashkent State Dental Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Department of Preventive Dentistry & Public Oral Health, BK21 PLUS Project, Oral Science Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Republic of Korea.
Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther. 2018 Mar;21:379-384. doi: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2018.01.012. Epub 2018 Jan 31.
The aim of this study was to determine whether an oral health education program using a Qscan device based on quantitative light-induced fluorescence (QLF) technology could improve the oral hygiene status and oral health literacy of adolescents.
One hundred adolescents aged 14-16 years attending a school in Tashkent city were included in this study. The participants were assigned to the following two groups using permuted block randomization technique: (i) control group (traditional learning) and (ii) experimental group (Qscan device-based learning). The participants included in the experimental group received additional education and training on dental plaque removal using the Qscan device. The accumulated levels of plaque were assessed in all participants, who also completed questionnaires about their oral health status, oral health knowledge, attitude, and behavior during an 8-week period.
There were statistically significant improvements in the experimental group compared to the control group in the plaque index (0.46 vs 0.07, p < .05), oral health knowledge (19.4 vs 28.8, p < .05), attitude (16.7 vs 20.2, p < .05), and behavior (19.9 vs 30.5, p < .05).
This study has demonstrated that an oral health education program based on the use of QLF technology could be useful for improving the oral hygiene status and oral health literacy of adolescents in Uzbekistan.
本研究旨在确定基于定量光诱导荧光（QLF）技术的口腔健康教育计划是否可以改善青少年的口腔卫生状况和口腔健康素养。
本研究纳入了 100 名年龄在 14-16 岁之间的塔什干市学校的青少年。采用区组随机化技术将参与者分为以下两组：（i）对照组（传统学习）和（ii）实验组（基于 Qscan 设备的学习）。实验组的参与者接受了使用 Qscan 设备清除牙菌斑的额外教育和培训。在 8 周的时间内，所有参与者都评估了菌斑的累积水平，并完成了有关口腔健康状况、口腔健康知识、态度和行为的问卷。
与对照组相比，实验组的菌斑指数（0.46 对 0.07，p<0.05）、口腔健康知识（19.4 对 28.8，p<0.05）、态度（16.7 对 20.2，p<0.05）和行为（19.9 对 30.5，p<0.05）均有统计学显著改善。
本研究表明，基于 QLF 技术的口腔健康教育计划可能有助于改善乌兹别克斯坦青少年的口腔卫生状况和口腔健康素养。
