Effect of Gamification on Orthodontic Knowledge Retention Among Dental Students

NCT07479342 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: FUCD-Ortho-2503
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to find out if a modern teaching method: Gaming can be used as an effective teaching tool to impart knowledge of orthodontics to final year students of dentistry as compared to another popular teaching method: Large Group Interactive Session (LGIS). Researchers will compare gaming technique to large group interactive session (already used to teach the participants). Half the participants will sit in a LGIS and the other half will play a board game on the same knowledge and comparison will be done on who gained more knowledge using a questionnaire/ test at three time points: 1)before study, 2)during study and 3)after study. The main question the study aims to answer is : Is Gamification better than Large group interactive session when teaching difficult topics to final year students of dentistry.

Conditions

Gamification in Health Education

Keywords

Removable appliances; Gamification; Orthodontics; Modern Teaching; Large group interactive session

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The Gain of Knowledge and Retention of Knowledge through a test

  The test will have 10 questions and will be scored from 1-10. 1 being minimum score and 10 maximum. If a students gets 1-4 score it will be considered no knowledge has been gained or retained. A score of 5 or more will be considered gain/retention in knowledge

  2 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Retention of knowledge after gamification vs large group interactive session

  2 months

Study Arms (2)

Study Group: game Group

OTHER

Other: Gamification

Control group: LGIS

EXPERIMENTAL

Large group interactive session

Other: LGIS

Interventions

Gamification OTHER

Modern Teaching Method

Study Group: game Group

LGIS OTHER

conventionally used teaching method

Control group: LGIS

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• students of final year BDS, FUCD\&H

You may not qualify if:

• Students absent in class students that don't consent to the research

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Foundation University Islamabad: lead

Study Sites (1)

Foundation University Islamabad

Islamabad, Federal, 44000, Pakistan

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Aboalshamat K, Khayat A, Halwani R, Bitan A, Alansari R. The effects of gamification on antimicrobial resistance knowledge and its relationship to dentistry in Saudi Arabia: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2020 May 13;20(1):680. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08806-2.

  PMID: 32404076 BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Syeda Hareem Bukhari, BDS, Resident Orthodontics

  Foundation University Islamabad

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 29, 2025
• First Posted: March 18, 2026
• Study Start: October 10, 2025
• Primary Completion: November 10, 2025
• Study Completion: December 15, 2025
• Last Updated: June 17, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PA (1)