对应用程序中发现的创伤性牙损伤相关信息进行批判性评估。

Critical appraisal of the information available on traumatic dental injuries found in applications.

机构信息

Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

Department of Dental Clinic, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

出版信息

Dent Traumatol. 2022 Feb;38(1):77-87. doi: 10.1111/edt.12715. Epub 2021 Oct 26.

DOI:10.1111/edt.12715

PMID:34698435

Abstract

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Traumatic dental injuries (TDI) are a public health problem and the search for information becomes essential to help in their management. The aim of this study was to search existing TDI applications (Apps) to critically describe the characteristics and main information found in them regarding TDI.

METHODOLOGY

Searches were performed in the Play Store (Android) and App Store (iOS), using MeSH terms, synonyms and terms related to dental emergencies and TDI, in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Apps with information on the management of post-TDI emergencies or TDI prevention were included. The type of operating system (Android/iOS), cost (free/paid), target audience (dentist/patient), age of classification (free/>17 years old), language, star rating (1★ to 5★), number of downloads and post-download ratings, type of dentition (primary/permanent), reference used for classification according to TDI type and management (International Association for Dental Traumatology/Andreasen/others/not reported), and available content (prevention/emergency management/preservation/illustrations) were evaluated.

RESULTS

Among 486 apps, 13 were eligible: 11 for Android and 2 for iOS. Most were free (92.3%), for patients (38.4%) and had a free age classification (90.9%). The main language was English (53.8%), and most of the Apps either had no information on star ratings (46.1%) or received 4★ (23.1%). The number of downloads was not reported (23.1%) or was fewer than 100 (23.1%). Most of the Apps were for permanent teeth (61.5%) and had explanations about dental management for TDI emergencies (92.3%) and multiple TDIs (61.5%). Most Apps addressed the importance of monitoring TDIs (76.9%) and contained illustrative images (76.9%). However, many did not report the TDI classification (46.1%), and 38.5% reported TDI prevention.

CONCLUSIONS

Information on dental trauma management according to dental injury, inclusion of images, target audience, type of TDI and their prevention varied in the available Apps. However, most were focused on permanent teeth and addressed several TDI in English language only.

摘要

背景/目的：外伤性牙损伤（TDI）是一个公共卫生问题，因此寻找相关信息对于帮助处理这类损伤至关重要。本研究旨在搜索现有的 TDI 应用程序（Apps），以批判性地描述其中关于 TDI 的特征和主要信息。

方法

在 Play 商店（安卓系统）和 App Store（苹果系统）中，使用 MeSH 术语、同义词和与牙科急症及 TDI 相关的术语，以英语、西班牙语和葡萄牙语进行搜索。纳入了有关 TDI 后急症管理或 TDI 预防信息的应用程序。评估的内容包括操作系统类型（安卓/苹果）、成本（免费/付费）、目标受众（牙医/患者）、年龄分级（免费/17 岁以上）、语言、星级评分（1 星至 5 星）、下载量和下载后评分、牙齿类型（乳牙/恒牙）、根据 TDI 类型和管理方法进行分类的参考（国际牙外伤协会/Andreasen/其他/未报告）以及可用内容（预防/急症管理/保存/插图）。

结果

在 486 个应用程序中，有 13 个符合条件：11 个用于安卓系统，2 个用于苹果系统。大多数应用程序都是免费的（92.3%），针对患者（38.4%），年龄分级为免费（90.9%）。主要语言是英语（53.8%），46.1%的应用程序没有星级评分信息，23.1%的应用程序获得了 4 星评分。下载量没有报告（23.1%）或少于 100（23.1%）。大多数应用程序适用于恒牙（61.5%），并提供了有关 TDI 急症牙科管理的解释（92.3%）和多种 TDI 的解释（61.5%）。大多数应用程序都强调了监测 TDI 的重要性（76.9%），并包含了说明性图片（76.9%）。然而，许多应用程序没有报告 TDI 分类（46.1%），38.5%的应用程序报告了 TDI 预防。