Eating Attitudes in Orthodontic Patients

Konya Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi

Status: Completed

Conditions: Eating Behaviors

Treatments: Other: Orthodontic treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07038772

2025/558

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was conducted on 70 individuals who presented to the Orthodontics Department of the Faculty of Dentistry at Necmettin Erbakan University. The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-40) was administered to all patients at the beginning of their treatment (T1) and at the sixth month of treatment (T2), and they were asked to complete it.

Full description

This study was conducted on 70 individuals who presented to the Orthodontics Department of the Faculty of Dentistry at Necmettin Erbakan University. Thirty-five patients were randomly selected to receive treatment with clear aligners, while the remaining 35 patients were treated with fixed orthodontic appliances. The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-40) was administered at the beginning of treatment (T1) and at the sixth month of treatment (T2). Patients were asked to arrive at the clinic half an hour before their appointments to complete the questionnaire. The aim was to evaluate the effect of the type of orthodontic treatment on eating attitudes and behaviors.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. age ≥18 years,
2. dental Class I, II, or III malocclusion without skeletal discrepancy,
3. absence of impacted or missing teeth,
4. no history of orthodontic treatment,
5. indication for non-extraction orthodontic treatment,
6. Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI) score between 26 and 30,¹⁸
7. no systemic disease or related medication use

Exclusion criteria

1. cleft lip/palate,
2. severe temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders,
3. poor oral hygiene

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Clear Aligner Treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Patients undergoing orthodontic treatment with clear aligners

Treatment:

Other: Orthodontic treatment

Fixed Aligner Treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Patients undergoing orthodontic treatment with fixed appliance

Treatment:

Other: Orthodontic treatment