Can a Digital Education Program in Radiographic Imaging Technique for Dental Professionals Improve Image Quality?

NCT06442904 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: Umea University, Sweden
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 90
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a digital education program designed for dental professionals can lead to radiographic examinations of better quality. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the digital education program lead to more radiographic examinations of good quality? Does the digital education program lead to better theoretical and practical understanding regarding image quality among dental professionals? Researchers will compare answers from a theoretical test and image quality in radiographic examinations between participants with respectively without access to the digital education program. Participants will:

• have access to the digital education program for three months
• after three months all study participants are invited to answer a theoretical test

Conditions

Radiography; Dentistry

Keywords

digital education; oral and maxillofacial radiology

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Image quality

  Change in image quality of intraoral radiographic examinations measured with a protocol designed for diagnostic image quality assessment. Comparisons between intervention- and control group will be made.

  Baseline and three months post-intervention

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Theoretical competence

  One month post-intervention

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Access to a digital education program for three months.

Other: Digital education program

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group is not offered any intervention.

Interventions

Digital education program OTHER

The approximately six hours long digital education program will be available for three months and implies further education in intraoral radiographic examinations.

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Dental professionals performing radiographic examinations employed in general dentistry in the County Council of Västerbotten, Sweden

You may not qualify if:

• Dental professionals not performing radiographic examinations

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Umeå University: lead
• Västerbotten County Council, Sweden: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Folktandvården Region Västerbotten

Umeå, Sweden

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Maria Garoff, Assoc. Prof.

  Umeå University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Maria Garoff, Assoc. Prof.

CONTACT

+46 (0)90-785 60 84; maria.garoff@umu.se

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 30, 2024
• First Posted: June 4, 2024
• Study Start: September 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2024
• Study Completion: January 1, 2025
• Last Updated: June 5, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SE (1)