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The Effectiveness of Virtual Appointments on Compliance With Twin Block Wear
Sponsor: University of Dublin, Trinity College
Summary
The investigators aim to determine the effect of virtual appointments on compliance with Twin Block wear. Patients satisfying the inclusion criteria requiring a Twin Block appliance will be requested to participate in the study. Those selected will be allocated to either the intervention or control group. The control group will receive routine verbal instruction and a standard information leaflet at the start of their treatment. The intervention group will additionally receive virtual appointments over the initial period of treatment involving focussed discussion on twin block wear experience and use of visual aids. Wear time will be objectively recorded in both groups using a temperature-sensitive microsensor embedded in the Twin Block appliance, and occlusal changes will be measured at each standard recall visit. A comparison of the data obtained from each group will be undertaken to determine whether there is a significant difference in compliance with twin block wear between participants who receive adjunctive virtual appointments to those who do not.
Official title: The Effectiveness of Virtual Appointments on Compliance With Twin Block Wear: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
10 Years - 14 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
62
Start Date
2023-11-21
Completion Date
2025-09
Last Updated
2024-05-16
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Virtual appointments
This group will receive the same information as the control group with additional virtual appointments at 1 week, 2 weeks and 6 weeks after fitting a Twin Block appliance. These will be scheduled and held via BlueEye Clinic (RedZinc Services Ltd.), a web-based GDPR compliant platform that allows patients to access a remote video consultation via a link sent to the participant/parent's device. The content of these appointments will follow a template that addresses the patient's experience, difficulties faced and how to overcome these, and would incorporate use of visual aids to highlight expected changes over the duration of wear. The appointments would be held in the late afternoons (after school).
Locations (2)
HSE Orthodontic Unit, Loughlinstown
Dublin, Ireland
HSE Orthodontic Unit, Tallaght
Dublin, Ireland