Digital DentView technology strengthens preventive oral care in orthodontic patients
An abstract study published in the European Journal of Orthodontics confirms that DentView – a digital tool designed to support preventive oral care – is an effective tool for improving oral health in orthodontic patients. The platform works both as a practical self‑care aid and a valuable complement to professional chairside guidance.
In a randomized controlled trial conducted in 2024 by researchers from the University of Turku and the Wellbeing Services County of Southwest Finland, 61 orthodontic patients aged 7–34 were assigned to receive either traditional oral‑hygiene instruction or DentView’s digital guidance. The digital intervention included age‑targeted videos, interactive games, and QR‑coded instructions delivered through a mobile application.*
After 6–8 weeks, both groups showed statistically significant improvement in oral hygiene (p < 0.001), measured using the Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (OHI‑S). This demonstrates that DentView can serve as an effective adjunct to conventional guidance during orthodontic treatment. Importantly, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups (p = 0.303), suggesting that DentView provides comparable benefits to traditional methods while offering added advantages in accessibility and patient engagement.*
The study highlights DentView’s role in reinforcing chairside instruction, sustaining motivation at home, and making preventive oral care more interactive and age‑appropriate. By integrating digital tools into orthodontic practice, clinicians may reach patients more effectively, particularly younger age groups who benefit from gamified learning and mobile‑based support.
Launched in 2019, DentView has evolved from a single kiosk into a flexible digital platform for preventive oral care. Clinics can use the system as an in-clinic kiosk, as a browser-based pathway on patients’ own devices with no installation required, or via the DentView AI Clinic tablet app from Google Play (with iOS to follow), making prevention easy to scale across populations.
The system delivers step‑by‑step oral care guidance, tests patient knowledge, and visualizes plaque in real time.
By shifting part of oral‑care guidance onto a digital platform, dental teams can focus more on professional assessment, early detection, minimally invasive treatment, and meaningful conversations with patients—tasks that technology cannot replace. DentView has earned a Digi‑HTA recommendation in Finland – an official health technology assessment for digital health solutions – validating its effectiveness and cost‑efficiency.
*Mäkinen E, Misin L, Tseveenjav B, Waltimo-Sirén J. Effect of digital oral self-care guidance on orthodontic patients’ oral hygiene – a randomized controlled trial. EOS 2025 Abstracts. European Journal of Orthodontics. 2025 Sep;47(5). Abstract citation ID:cjaf073.288.
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