Department of Dental Hygiene, The Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
Department of Dental Hygiene, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, South Korea.
Int J Dent Hyg. 2021 Feb;19(1):29-38. doi: 10.1111/idh.12459. Epub 2020 Sep 28.
We performed a systematic review of studies that assessed the efficacy of mobile health care in patients undergoing fixed orthodontic treatment, in an attempt to obtain contemporary evidence on the clinical impact of mobile health care on the patients' oral health and orthodontic treatment outcomes.
A systematic literature search was conducted using the PRISMA guidelines. We performed a comprehensive search using multiple databases (Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, Google Scholar and Web of Science) with no restrictions on the language of publication or publication status up until 23 April 2019 to identify eligible studies.
We included 11 unique studies. In this review, 9 of the 11 selected studies showed positive effects of mobile healthcare intervention, which resulted in reduced scores of oral hygiene and periodontal indices and white-spot lesions, as well as decreased duration of treatment, sagittal distance and intensity of self-reported pain.
Mobile health care can be utilized as an adjuvant intervention to improve treatment outcomes in patients undergoing fixed orthodontic treatment. Oral healthcare experts should consider novel interventions using mobile devices in addition to the conventional mode of intervention.
我们对评估固定正畸治疗患者移动医疗效果的研究进行了系统评价，旨在获得移动医疗对患者口腔健康和正畸治疗效果影响的当代证据。
按照 PRISMA 指南进行系统文献检索。我们使用多个数据库（Cochrane 图书馆、MEDLINE、EMBASE、Scopus、Google Scholar 和 Web of Science）进行了全面搜索，对发表语言或出版状态没有任何限制，检索截至 2019 年 4 月 23 日，以确定符合条件的研究。
我们纳入了 11 项独特的研究。在这项综述中，11 项选定研究中的 9 项显示了移动医疗干预的积极效果，这导致口腔卫生和牙周指数以及白斑病变的评分降低，治疗时间、矢状距离和自我报告疼痛的强度降低。
移动医疗可作为固定正畸治疗患者的辅助干预手段，改善治疗效果。口腔保健专家除了传统的干预模式外，还应考虑使用移动设备的新干预措施。
