By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Accept
Health Works CollectiveHealth Works CollectiveHealth Works Collective
  • Health
    • Mental Health
    Health
    Healthcare organizations are operating on slimmer profit margins than ever. One report in August showed that they are even lower than the beginning of the…
    Show More
    Top News
    improving patient experience
    6 Ways to Improve Patient Satisfaction Within Hospitals
    December 1, 2021
    degree for healthcare job
    What Are The Health Benefits Of Having A Degree?
    March 9, 2022
    custom software development is changing healthcare
    Digital Customer Journey Mapping and its Importance for Healthcare
    July 21, 2022
    Latest News
    Grounded Healing: A Natural Ally for Sustainable Healthcare Systems
    May 16, 2025
    Learn how to Renew your Medical Card in West Virginia
    May 16, 2025
    Choosing the Right Supplement Manufacturer for Your Brand
    May 1, 2025
    Engineering Temporary Hospitals for Extreme Weather
    April 24, 2025
  • Policy and Law
    • Global Healthcare
    • Medical Ethics
    Policy and Law
    Get the latest updates about Insurance policies and Laws in the Healthcare industry for different geographical locations.
    Show More
    Top News
    Can Thinking Younger Make You Live Longer?
    April 20, 2011
    Image
    Obesity’s Outlook Unchanged
    June 13, 2011
    When It’s An Emergency Elderly Not Treated As Well in Hospitals
    July 16, 2011
    Latest News
    Building Smarter Care Teams: Aligning Roles, Structure, and Clinical Expertise
    May 18, 2025
    The Critical Role of Healthcare in Personal Injury Recovery: A Comprehensive Guide for Victims
    May 14, 2025
    The Backbone of Successful Trials: Clinical Data Management
    April 28, 2025
    Advancing Your Healthcare Career through Education and Specialization
    April 16, 2025
  • Medical Innovations
  • News
  • Wellness
  • Tech
Search
© 2023 HealthWorks Collective. All Rights Reserved.
Reading: Effectiveness Of Mobile Apps In Improving Oral Health
Share
Notification Show More
Font ResizerAa
Health Works CollectiveHealth Works Collective
Font ResizerAa
Search
Follow US
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy
© 2023 HealthWorks Collective. All Rights Reserved.
Health Works Collective > Specialties > Dental health > Effectiveness Of Mobile Apps In Improving Oral Health
Dental healthSpecialties

Effectiveness Of Mobile Apps In Improving Oral Health

Diana Hope
Last updated: August 21, 2021 3:07 pm
Diana Hope
Share
6 Min Read
oral health
Shutterstock Licensed Photo - By AtlasStudio | stock photo ID: 1711191571
SHARE

Oral health refers to the health condition of your mouth and its constituents. Dental care is a medical science performed by dentists that concerns itself with oral hygiene, and a dentist is a person who diagnoses and prescribes treatment for patients with oral diseases. Oral diseases are infections that affect the inside part of the mouth and damage the teeth and gums. To further understand what oral health signifies and the benefits of healthy teeth, here’s a look at some significant oral diseases.

Contents
Highlights Of The Guidelines Stressed In The Methods Above.Effectiveness Of Mobile Applications In Improving Oral Health.Conclusion
  • Dental Cavities: This oral disease results from poor oral hygiene and the use of toothpaste below the standard of the oral health community, which results in the infection of the oral cavity.
  • Tooth decay: This is another result of poor dental hygiene, which often results in bacteria feeding on the teeth, causing holes to form on the teeth.
  • Gum infection: Here, the bacteria affects the gum, and some symptoms are a pain in the gum and bleeding.
  • Mouth Odor: There are several causes of mouth odor, but they are generally caused by poor oral hygiene.

A team of dentists and oral hygienists from the Liberty Village Dental in Toronto released a survey that displays data concerning the most affected population of people suffering from poor oral health. This showed that about 90% of people in rural regions were affected by this, while 46% of the population in urban regions suffer from oral diseases too. While children dominate and aging people are more prone to oral diseases, we also noticed that a large percentage of adults living with these conditions were affected from a younger age.

To reduce the rate of oral diseases, two methods were Introduced to improve oral health education.

  1. Mobile applications on good oral Health ethics: Although this method is not very popular yet, it is a program designed to aid individuals by providing guidelines that can help educate them on maintaining good oral hygiene. It came into existence along with the advent of technology. And while it is still restricted to cities with higher technological devices and a good internet connection, it is proving to be instrumental to the curse.
  2. Educative seminars: This method is mainly employed to reach out to less civilized places rather than developed places. In this method, several topics are treated, highlighting the dangers of poor oral health, the benefits of good oral health, and how to employ certain techniques in maintaining good oral health.

Highlights Of The Guidelines Stressed In The Methods Above.

  •  How to brush the teeth: This includes explaining when and how to brush your teeth, and the number of times to brush the teeth daily. It also advises on the need to brush the teeth twice every day; firstly, in the morning before breakfast and secondly, in the evening after dinner.
  • The ideal toothpaste to use: This information helps an individual to understand the type of toothpaste to use by recommending toothpaste with 1000 to 3000mml of fluoride contents on them. And it also advises on the kind of tools to use on your teeth to maintain good oral hygiene.
  • Advises on the need to see a dentist: This information entails the number of times required to see a dentist every month for dental therapies.

Effectiveness Of Mobile Applications In Improving Oral Health.

Two surveys were conducted to examine how mobile applications help improve oral health and the effectiveness of these apps for short and long periods.

More Read

Parkinson’s Disease: 14 Early Warning Signs of Onset
Glucosamine And Chondroitin For Osteoarthritis: What You Need To Know
Pharmacy Board Needs Non-Pharmacist Majority
How To Treat Phimosis And What To Know About It
Rehab: A Great Role for Robots
  1. Survey on the effectiveness of Mobile applications for a short period: To better understand the effectiveness of this method, a survey was conducted on a population of college students to understand how this application has improved their oral health for 3months. The apps were made available to them, and they were taught how to use them too. When used diligently, following every program in this application, the result showed that 90% of the application users experienced an improvement in their oral health, eradicating every disease associate with poor oral health.
  2. Survey on the effectiveness of Mobile applications for a long period: This survey yielded results that showed that this method is not effective for a period that is more than 3months. This is because most users lose the excitement associated with the application in the long run compared to when they first discovered it. Therefore, they get tired and discouraged from opening the application regularly. The statistics showed that the decline of oral health improvement after 3months experienced a 35% decrease from the 90% population in the first survey.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the mean estimate of the efficiency percentage of the combined methods of Mobile applications aims at improving oral health for the short term, and the long term yielded a 72.5% increase in oral health, which is quite impressive considering the low number of oral health applications available.

TAGGED:oral health
Share This Article
Facebook Copy Link Print
Share

Stay Connected

1.5kFollowersLike
4.5kFollowersFollow
2.8kFollowersPin
136kSubscribersSubscribe

Latest News

Clinical Expertise
Building Smarter Care Teams: Aligning Roles, Structure, and Clinical Expertise
Health care
May 18, 2025
Grounded Healing: A Natural Ally for Sustainable Healthcare Systems
Grounded Healing: A Natural Ally for Sustainable Healthcare Systems
Health
May 15, 2025
Learn how to Renew your Medical Card in West Virginia
Learn how to Renew your Medical Card in West Virginia
Health
May 15, 2025
Dr. Klaus Rentrop Shares Acute Myocardial Infarction heart treatment
Dr. Klaus Rentrop Shares Acute Myocardial Infarction
Cardiology
May 13, 2025

You Might also Like

Specialties

Massive Health Benefits of Ear Pinning as Solutions to Bullying Epidemic

April 6, 2020

MakoPlasty Robotic Surgical Procedure for Knee Replacements

May 6, 2011
dental wellbeing
Dental healthSpecialties

‘I’ve Got My Confidence and Happiness Back’–A New Perspective On Dental Wellbeing

August 13, 2024

NIH Assigns Some of NFL’s Donations to Fund Concussion Research Projects

December 21, 2013
Subscribe
Subscribe to our newsletter to get our newest articles instantly!
Follow US
© 2008-2025 HealthWorks Collective. All Rights Reserved.
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Username or Email Address
Password

Lost your password?