A Clinical Comparison of the Effectiveness of Two Types of Orthodontic Aligning Archwire Materials

University of Baghdad

Status: Completed

Conditions: Teeth; Anomaly, Position

Treatments: Procedure: Orthodontic treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04090931

University of Baghdad

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of using heat-activated NiTi with superelastic NiTi archwires during the initial phase of orthodontic treatment.

Primary Objective:

To compare the difference in the amount of crowding in the lower incisors after 4 and 8 weeks from the start of treatment.

Secondary Objectives:

1. To compare the amount of orthodontically-induced inflammatory root resorption (OIIRR) in the apical region of mandibular central incisors between the two groups of archwires
2. To compare the amount of pain perception between the two groups of archwires during the 1st week after each wire placement.

Full description

Objectives: To compare the heat-activated nickel titanium (HANT) with superelastic nickel titanium (SENT) archwires in terms of their effectiveness in aligning teeth, possibility of inducing root resorption, and patient perception of pain during the initial phase of treatment.

Subjects and Methods: Orthodontic patient aged 12 years or over with lower anterior crowding of 3-6 mm. who need treatment without extraction, were randomly allocated to the HANT and SENT archwires groups with a 1:1 allocation ratio. Archwire sequence in both groups was 0.014-inch and 0.016-inch, respectively. Each archwire was placed for 4 weeks. Outcome measures included the amount of crowding using Little's irregularity index (LII), apical root resorption, and pain perception. The effectiveness of alignment was tested using 2X2 mixed factorial ANOVA, while root resorption and pain perception were tested by the Mann-Whitney U test, and Wilcoxon signed-rank test (P<0.05).

Enrollment: 31 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients indicated for fixed appliance orthodontic treatment who have a moderate crowding (3-6mm) according to the Little's irregularity index (LII).
2. Full set of lower permanent dentition excluding the third molars.
3. No history of trauma or root resorption in the lower incisors.

Exclusion criteria

1. Previous orthodontic treatment.
2. Less than 3mm of lower incisor crowding (LII) or with spaced incisors.
3. Severe crowding in the lower arch (greater than 7mm) which requires extraction.
4. Blocked-out teeth that cannot be engaged with the aligning archwire.
5. Patients with periodontally compromised teeth.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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31 participants in 2 patient groups

Heat-Activated Nickel-Titanium Archwires

Experimental group

Description:

Heat-activated NiTi (HANT) Group (TruFlex™ Thermal Nickel-Titanium, Ortho Technology, USA): * 0.014-inch HANT * 0.016-inch HANT

Treatment:

Procedure: Orthodontic treatment

Superelastic Nickel-Titanium Archwires

Experimental group

Description:

Superelastic NiTi (SENT) Group (TruFlex™ Nickel-Titanium, Ortho Technology, USA): * 0.014-inch SENT * 0.016-inch SENT

Treatment:

Procedure: Orthodontic treatment