Research on the application of interactive motion sensing games in improving children's plaque removal rate
YAO Lu
LIU Rui
WU Meiling
LI Shijie
SHI Yanan
WANG Dan
ZUO Tong
XUAN Kun
HAN Bing
Abstract：Objective To investigate the application effect of interactive motion-sensing games in improving plaque removal rate in children.Methods 84 children aged 6-7 years from the Department of Oral Prevention were selected for the experiment.The children were randomly assigned to two groups.Both groups received 10 minutes of oral health education for three consecutive days.The experimental group experienced correct tooth brushing through interactive motion-sensing games,while the control group practiced correct tooth brushing using dental models.Before and after the experiment,the tooth brushing behaviors and plaque scores of the children in both groups were measured to calculate the plaque removal rate.Results The baseline data of tooth brushing action scores,tooth surface scores,and plaque removal rates of the two groups before the intervention showed no statistically signiffcant difference(P＞0.05).After three days,the tooth brushing action score of the experimental group was 2.00(1.00,2.00),which was higher than that of the control group[1.00(1.00,2.00)](P=0.01).The tooth surface score of the experimental group was 8.00(6.00,8.00),higher than that of the control group[6.00(5.00,7.00)](P=0.005).The plaque removal rate of the experimental group was 0.43(0.30,0.48),significantly higher than that of the control group[0.29(0.18,0.32)](P＜0.001).The plaque removal rate of the experimental group showed a significant improvement before and after the intervention(P＜0.05).Conclusion Both correct tooth brushing practice using dental models and interactive motion-sensing games can improve children's plaque removal rates,with the improvement in plaque removal rates through interactive motion-sensing games being superior to that through correct tooth brushing practice using dental models.
Keywords：interactive motion sensing gameschildren's oral healthoral hygieneplaque removal rate
Publication Date：2026-01-28
Online Publishing Date：2026-03-11(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 21-26 )