Effectiveness of oral health education methods on oral hygiene in children and adolescents with visual impairment: A systematic review. 2021

Helene Chua, and Divesh Sardana, and Robin Turner, and Graeme Ting, and Manikandan Ekambaram
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

BACKGROUND Conventional methods of oral health education (OHE) are not suitable for children with visual impairment, as these methods usually involve visual demonstration with models or plaque-disclosing dyes. OBJECTIVE To systematically review the literature to support the best approach for providing OHE to children and adolescents with visual impairment. METHODS A systematic search of five electronic databases and grey literature was conducted. Randomized controlled trials that compared different OHE methods in children and adolescents with visual impairment were included. The Cochrane risk-of-bias tool (RoB 2) was used for the risk-of-bias assessment. The Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations (GRADE) framework was used to determine the certainty of evidence. RESULTS Nine randomized controlled trials with a total of 804 participants were included in this review. Seven OHE methods were compared. Seven studies were assessed to be at high risk of bias, one study was assessed to have some concerns, and one study was assessed to be at low risk of bias. The overall certainty of evidence was very low according to GRADE. CONCLUSIONS There was insufficient evidence to recommend a particular method of OHE as more effective in improving the oral hygiene of children with visual impairment, but combination methods may show similar or better results.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009910 Oral Hygiene The practice of personal hygiene of the mouth. It includes the maintenance of oral cleanliness, tissue tone, and general preservation of oral health. Dental Hygiene,Hygiene, Dental,Hygiene, Oral
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D003773 Dental Plaque A film that attaches to teeth, often causing DENTAL CARIES and GINGIVITIS. It is composed of MUCINS, secreted from salivary glands, and microorganisms. Plaque, Dental
D006267 Health Education, Dental Education which increases the awareness and favorably influences the attitudes and knowledge relating to the improvement of dental health on a personal or community basis. Dental Health Education,Education, Dental Health
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D014786 Vision Disorders Visual impairments limiting one or more of the basic functions of the eye: visual acuity, dark adaptation, color vision, or peripheral vision. These may result from EYE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; VISUAL PATHWAY diseases; OCCIPITAL LOBE diseases; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; and other conditions (From Newell, Ophthalmology: Principles and Concepts, 7th ed, p132). Hemeralopia,Macropsia,Micropsia,Day Blindness,Metamorphopsia,Vision Disability,Visual Disorders,Visual Impairment,Blindness, Day,Disabilities, Vision,Disability, Vision,Disorder, Visual,Disorders, Visual,Hemeralopias,Impairment, Visual,Impairments, Visual,Macropsias,Metamorphopsias,Micropsias,Vision Disabilities,Vision Disorder,Visual Disorder,Visual Impairments
D016032 Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Works about clinical trials that involve at least one test treatment and one control treatment, concurrent enrollment and follow-up of the test- and control-treated groups, and in which the treatments to be administered are selected by a random process, such as the use of a random-numbers table. Clinical Trials, Randomized,Controlled Clinical Trials, Randomized,Trials, Randomized Clinical

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