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Patients were randomly allocated to two groups: half of the participants were informed of the children\u2019s dental findings including treatment plans by verbal explanation alone (control group, n = 30), while the other half were informed using IOS (Trios 4, 3Shape) as a visual aid to support the verbal explanation (study group, n = 30). Both groups then completed a questionnaire regarding their children\u2019s diagnosis, treatment needs, planned therapy, and oral hygiene. Statistical analysis was performed using a t-test (p &lt; 0.05). Overall, there was a significant difference between the two groups (p &lt; 0.001) in terms of understanding the current oral situation of their children. While 85.5 \u00b1 17.3% (mean \u00b1 standard deviation) of the answers were correct in the study group, only 57.2 \u00b1 17.8% of the participants in the control group were capable of answering the questions correctly. 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