Study: Recording Selfies While Brushing Teeth Can Improve Oral Health Care Skills

New research indicates that people can learn how to improve their oral healthcare techniques by recording their tooth brushing on smart phone video selfies. The study participants did not hold their phones but propped them on stands.

Key takeaways:

• Changing tooth brushing techniques and behaviors often takes guidance.
• An increment of 8 percent was noted in tooth-brushing skill characterized by improved accuracy of brush strokes.
• Effective brushing technique will help prevent problems such as tooth decay and periodontal disease.

The very act of recording a selfie may disrupt ingrained habits, making participants conscious of their brushing and reinforced staples of behavior change, including the process of memory formation, association and creating new muscle memory.

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