A Mobile App (WhiteTeeth) to Promote Good Oral Health Behavior Among Dutch Adolescents with Fixed Orthodontic Appliances: Intervention Mapping Approach.

Janneke Francisca Maria Scheerman Pepijn Van Empelen Cor van Loveren Berno van Meijel

Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2018)

IM allowed us to identify multiple techniques that have been shown to be the most effective in initiating behavior change, but have not yet been incorporated into existing orthodontic apps. The WhiteTeeth app contains all these techniques, which makes it a unique and promising home-based app for promoting oral health in adolescents with fixed orthodontic appliances.

Keyphrases

oral health
young adults
physical activity
randomized controlled trial
high resolution
mass spectrometry