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The Effects of Bundling Dental and Medical Appointments and Price on Uptake of Preventive Dental Care

NCT07121673 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 306524

Last updated 2026-05-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study evaluates the effectiveness of behavioral messages sent via WhatsApp in encouraging patients to schedule preventive dental check-ups. Specifically, it examines how (1) prompting people to bundle the dental appointment with an existing medical visit and (2) price discounts influence scheduling behavior.

Conditions

  • Cavities of Teeth

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Dental appointment message with price discount

Patients receive a WhatsApp message offering a preventive dental check-up for $990.

BEHAVIORAL

Bundling frame

The message includes language indicating they can schedule the dental appointment on the same day as their upcoming medical appointment to save time.

BEHAVIORAL

Dental appointment message

Patients receive a WhatsApp message offering a preventive dental check-up for $19,990.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Chile

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-07-30
Primary Completion
2025-11-30
Completion
2026-01-31

Countries

  • Chile

Study Locations

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