Special Needs & Medical Randomised controlled trial ✓ Peer reviewed

Effectiveness of mobile text messages v/s traditional health education on improving knowledge about oral cancer at a primary dental health care center, Cuttack, Odisha: a randomized controlled trial protocol.

Frontiers in oral health · Behera A, Rath H, Mohanty UK, Sharma G, Jha SV, Sekar K, Dutta A, Udgata SS, Behera SK, Baroi S, Rout S, Maharana P · 2026-09-14

Researchers will compare whether daily WhatsApp messages or weekly PowerPoint presentations more effectively increase oral cancer knowledge among 144 adult dental patients, with knowledge assessed at baseline and six months later.

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