Comparative Results of Maxillary Deficiency Treatment by Tongue Plate and Facemask in Growing Patients

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Maxillary Deficiency

Treatments: Other: Facemask; Other: Tongue plate

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00519415

1234567

13425678

Details and patient eligibility

About

A new appliance will be used to transfer the tongue force during its physiological activity to advance the nasomaxillary complex; this method will be compared with the traditional method which uses a Facemask appliance.

Full description

The above method will be compared with traditional one which uses the Facemask in combination with an intra-oral appliance.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 14 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Growing patients
• Class III with maxillary deficiency

Exclusion criteria

• Previous orthodontic treatment
• Un cooperative patients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

A

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Tongue plate

B

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Facemask