Clear Aligner Treatment With and Without Low Level Laser Therapy for Upper Incisor Crowding

Faculty of Dental Medicine for Girls

Status: Completed

Conditions: Crowding of Anterior Maxillary Teeth

Treatments: Procedure: Low level laser; Procedure: Clear Aligner Treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06493721

ORTHO-109-2-M

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the effect of Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) on Upper Incisor Crowding using Clear Aligner Treatment (CAT).

Full description

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the effect of Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) on Upper Incisor Crowding using Clear Aligner Treatment (CAT) on healthy patients (16-23 years old) with complete set of dentition and Angle class I. The main questions to answer are:

1. Evaluate rate of Upper Incisor Decrowding using CAT and LLLT
2. Does LLLT affect pain during CAT?

Researchers will compare CAT with LLLT to CAT without LLLT to see if the LLLT will accelerate Orthodontic Tooth Movement.

Participants will:

• Change to a new aligner every 7 days.
• Visit the clinic every week for checkup.
• Log in pain scores every 6, 24, 48 and 72 hours after delivery of new aligners.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 23 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients age ranging from 16-23 years old with Angle class I malocclusion and upper anterior crowding.
2. Healthy, compliant and internally motivated patient.
3. Full set of maxillary permanent dentition except third molar.

Exclusion criteria

1. Previous orthodontic treatment.
2. Any systemic diseases that could interfere with orthodontic treatment.
3. Gross gingival or periodontal problems

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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22 participants in 2 patient groups

Clear aligner only

Experimental group

Description:

Clear aligner therapy group only

Treatment:

Procedure: Clear Aligner Treatment

Low level laser

Experimental group

Description:

Clear aligner therapy with low level laser therapy

Treatment:

Procedure: Clear Aligner Treatment

Procedure: Low level laser