Garyga, Valentin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6725-0712
Pochelu, Florian
Thivichon-Prince, Béatrice
Aouini, Walid
Santamaria, Julie
Lambert, France
Maucort-Boulch, Delphine
Gueyffier, Francois
Gritsch, Kerstin
Grosgogeat, Brigitte
Funding for this research was provided by:
Association for Dental Education in Europe (Scholarship for the advancement of video dentistry in dental education)
Article History
Received: 4 March 2019
Accepted: 21 September 2019
First Online: 10 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The local ethics committee (Comité de Protection des Personnes Sud-Est IV) in Lyon and the ethics committee of the university hospital of Liège (Comité d’Ethique Hospitalo-Facultaire Universitaire de Liège) have approved the study protocol (registration numbers: 16/065 A 16–381 and B707201731667 2017–56, respectively). The protocol is registered with the ANSM (registration number: 2016-A01549–42) and on ClinicalTrials.gov (registration number: NCT03109808). All amendments to the protocol will be justified, submitted to the scientific board, accepted by the ethics committees, and recorded by the ANSM. Changes and amendments will be also recorded on ClinicalTrials.gov. Informed consent will be obtained from participants after the trial is explained to them by an investigator, examiner or coordinator of the corresponding center. Patients are informed that they have the right to withdraw from the study at any time without giving a reason. Regardless of withdrawal, patients will be provided any treatment in their best interest. Withdrawal will be documented. Procedures for data confidentiality were audited by the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL, French data protection authority); last and first names of included patients are not recorded in the database.No data monitoring committee is needed for the GoPerio trial as no or very few serious adverse events are expected from this study limited to patient education and routine dental prophylaxis. No interim analysis is planned.
: Authors and investigators did not receive any funding from the industrial partners. However, all centers involved in the present research protocol received materials free of charge (electric toothbrushes, toothpastes, interdental brushes, dental floss, professional prophylaxis materials) and devices (video cameras).The industrial partners providing materials are: UnorderedList removedNo other relationships or activities could appear to have influenced the submitted work.The industrial partners did not have any involvement in the study design or in the analysis, collection, and interpretation of the data, or in drafting of the manuscript.