Gamified oral health interventions (mobile apps, serious games, augmented reality, game-based education) vs Non-digital gamified oral health interventions (card/board games, storytelling, printed aids)
Long-term behavior change and overall oral health outcomes · Children or adolescents
Digital gamified interventions appear more effective than non-digital alternatives for long-term behavior change and oral health outcomes, but the evidence is narrative and ungraded.
1 finding from 1 review
- The Application of Gamification in Children's Oral Health Management: Systematic Review. 2025 All outcomesLong-term follow-up (sustained behavior change) · Schools, dental clinics, and mobile-app user-testing environmentsDigital-based interventions were more effective in fostering long-term behavior change compared with nondigital alternatives and consistently outperformed nondigital alternatives in improving oral health outcomes;…Studies not reportedGRADE not reported