Addition of Silver Nanoparticles to a Orthodontic Primer in Preventing Enamel Demineralization Adjacent Brackets

Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosí

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 3

Conditions: Tooth Demineralization

Treatments: Other: Placebo; Other: Silver nanoparticles

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02400957

CEI-FE-023-013

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluate the effectiveness of silver nanoparticles incorporated into the primer orthodontic Transbond XT in preventing enamel demineralization adjacent to brackets.

Full description

Randomized, split mouth, double-blind, placebo controlled trial. Half of the mouth was applied silver nanoparticles incorporated into the primer orthodontic Transbond XT and the other half with primer-bond as placebo. Evaluate the effectiveness with Diagnodent - pen in preventing enamel demineralization adjacent to brackets.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients candidates for orthodontic treatment.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with O.D 11 and / or 21 absent.

  • Patients who present dentures of any kind in OD 11 and 21.
  • Patients presenting endodontic OD 11 and 21.
  • Patients presenting data gingivitis day cementing brackets.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Silver nanoparticles

Experimental group

Description:

Half of the mouth was applied silver nanoparticles. Allocation was randomized.

Treatment:

Other: Silver nanoparticles

Placebo

Experimental group

Description:

Half of the mouth was applied placebo. Allocation was randomized.

Treatment:

Other: Placebo