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Table 3 Examples of questions asked during interviews

From: Experiences of oral health: before, during and after becoming a regular user of GC Tooth Mousse Plus®

Opening questions

Everyone’s experience of oral health is different. In your own case:

 When I say oral health, what is the first thing that comes to your mind?

 How important to you is your oral health and why?

Transitional questions

From now on, we are going to talk about your oral hygiene routines

 Over the past few years, your dentist or dental hygienist/therapist have prescribed GC Tooth Mousse Plus® as home care therapy. Tell me about your experience of using GC Tooth Mousse Plus®

  Can you tell me the story of how you found out about GC Tooth Mousse Plus®?

Why were you prescribed GC Tooth Mousse Plus®?

  So, once you knew about GC Tooth Mousse Plus®, what difference did it make for you?

  What difference did GC Tooth Mousse Plus® make to your teeth/ your mouth?

  What made this home care therapy easier to follow?

  What made this home care therapy harder to follow?

 Do you consider your oral health to be different now vs. prior to using GC Tooth Mousse Plus®?

  How has it changed?

  What do you think made it change?

  Who and what was important in this process?

  How do you feel about this change?

 What are the most important/relevant tasks that you performed while adopting GC Tooth Mousse Plus® into your daily oral hygiene routine?

 If we could only make one change in GC Tooth Mousse Plus®, what would be the most important change to make?

 Some people have suggested that all dentists should prescribe GC Tooth Mousse Plus® to all patients. What do you think about that?

Concluding questions

Now I am just going to sum up what I think I have learned about your experiences [SUM UP HERE]. Does that sound right?

 Is there something else you think I should know to understand your experience of using GC Tooth Mousse Plus®?

 Is there something you would like to ask me?