Impact of video instructions and additional hands-on instructions on the dental flossing performance – an observational study
Katja Jung, Sophie-Charlotte Schmidt, Benedikt Luka, Nadine Schlueter, Carolina Ganss · 2024
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Description
Katja Jung and four co-authors test, in 2024 work, whether a video can teach young adults to floss well, and whether hands-on help adds more. Clean gaps between teeth guard gum health, yet most people floss badly. Close to one hundred young adults were filmed flossing before any teaching.
Half saw a teaching video alone, half saw it plus hands-on coaching. A week later, both groups reached more gaps, used a steadier order, and handled the floss better. Two weeks on, gains grew again, and many flossed the whole mouth right. The hands-on half gained no edge at any point. Flossing felt less hard after teaching, though people said it took longer. The team backs video teaching as a fast, cheap tool.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Katja Jung, Sophie-Charlotte Schmidt, Benedikt Luka, Nadine Schlueter, Carolina Ganss |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |