Choonhawarakorn K, Kasemkhun P, Leelataweewud P
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Int J Paediatr Dent. 2025 Mar;35(2):446-455. doi: 10.1111/ipd.13256. Epub 2024 Aug 5.
Early establishment of healthy oral health behaviours is important to reduce early childhood caries risk. Two-way social media applications can economically assist caregivers.
To evaluate the effectiveness of a LINE™ messaging service (MS) on promoting good oral health behaviors in Thai children.
One hundred and ninety caregiver-child dyads (children aged 6-36 months) who attended a university dental hospital and two other hospitals were randomly assigned to receive age-appropriate dental health education via MS or through traditional on-site visits. Infographic posters, video clips, and supportive messages were delivered weekly to the MS group. Parental oral health knowledge and children's oral health status and practice were assessed at baseline and 6-month follow-up.
The MS group showed significantly better scores in feeding habits (p = .034) and toothbrushing practice (p = .007). Parental knowledge increased in both groups; however, knowledge increased significantly in the control group (p = .001). Both groups exhibited improvements in the debris score but not in caries progression. The caregivers rated both methods as high to the highest satisfaction.
The MS yielded comparable outcomes to traditional dental visits in promoting oral health behaviours.
尽早建立健康的口腔健康行为对于降低幼儿龋齿风险至关重要。双向社交媒体应用程序可以在经济上帮助照顾者。
评估LINE™信息服务（MS）对促进泰国儿童良好口腔健康行为的有效性。
将190对照顾者-儿童二元组（儿童年龄在6至36个月之间）随机分配，这些儿童来自一家大学牙科医院和另外两家医院，他们通过MS或传统的现场就诊接受适合其年龄的口腔健康教育。每周向MS组发送信息图表海报、视频片段和支持性信息。在基线和6个月随访时评估父母的口腔健康知识以及儿童的口腔健康状况和行为。
MS组在喂养习惯（p = 0.034）和刷牙行为（p = 0.007）方面得分显著更高。两组父母的知识都有所增加；然而，对照组的知识增加更为显著（p = 0.001）。两组的牙菌斑评分均有所改善，但龋齿进展情况没有变化。照顾者对两种方法的满意度评价都很高。
在促进口腔健康行为方面，MS产生的结果与传统牙科就诊相当。
