Centre of Population Oral Health and Clinical Prevention Studies, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia; Dental Public Health Unit, Department of Family Oral Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Centre of Population Oral Health and Clinical Prevention Studies, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia; Training Management Division, Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
J Dent. 2024 Nov;150:105324. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2024.105324. Epub 2024 Aug 25.
To evaluate the effectiveness of immersive technologies in oral health promotion and education.
An extensive literature review was conducted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) method. This study was systematically performed in six electronic databases (PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science, Cochrane, Scopus, and EBSCO). The risk of bias was assessed with the Cochrane tools using RoB 2.0 and ROBINS-I.
PICOS criteria were formulated for study inclusion. The bibliographical search identified 10,074 articles, which were filtered subsequently. Finally, the most pertinent nine articles were included and scrutinized for data synthesis and analysis. This includes five randomized controlled trials and four non-randomized controlled trials in different countries that focused on children (33.3%), adolescents (11.1%), and adults (55.6%). The interventions used virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to promote knowledge and attitudes towards oral care, improve toothbrushing performance, and smoking cessation, and reduce anxiety levels in oral health education.
This systematic review demonstrates that immersive technologies, including VR and AR, significantly enhance oral health knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy, leading to improved health outcomes.
Immersive technologies such as VR and AR have the potential to provide innovative and effective methods for enhancing oral health promotion and education, while promoting positive health behaviours, which are crucial for improving overall oral health outcomes.
评估沉浸式技术在口腔健康促进和教育中的效果。
采用系统评价和荟萃分析的首选报告项目（PRISMA）方法进行广泛的文献回顾。本研究在六个电子数据库（PubMed、Google Scholar、Web of Science、Cochrane、Scopus 和 EBSCO）中进行系统检索。使用 Cochrane 工具评估偏倚风险，使用 RoB 2.0 和 ROBINS-I 进行评估。
制定了研究纳入的 PICOS 标准。文献检索共确定了 10074 篇文章，随后进行了筛选。最终纳入并仔细审查了最相关的九篇文章，以进行数据综合和分析。这些研究包括五个在不同国家进行的随机对照试验和四个非随机对照试验，研究对象分别为儿童（33.3%）、青少年（11.1%）和成年人（55.6%）。干预措施使用虚拟现实（VR）和增强现实（AR）来促进对口腔护理的知识和态度，提高刷牙表现，戒烟，以及降低口腔健康教育中的焦虑水平。
这项系统评价表明，沉浸式技术，包括 VR 和 AR，可显著提高口腔健康知识、态度和自我效能感，从而改善健康结果。
VR 和 AR 等沉浸式技术有可能为口腔健康促进和教育提供创新而有效的方法，同时促进积极的健康行为，这对于改善整体口腔健康结果至关重要。
