Precision Orthodontics: A Comparison of Custom vs Traditional Bracket Treatment Efficiency

LightForce Orthodontics

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dental Malocclusion

Treatments: Device: LightForce Orthodontic System

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT04266769

Pro00040384

Details and patient eligibility

About

This investigational testing aims to target multiple investigations sites to examine treatment efficiency metrics using a completely digital and patient-specific bracket treatment system for the correction of malocclusions.

Enrollment: 14 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All subjects must be healthy and between the ages of 10 and 65.
• Eruption of all permanent teeth excluding second and third molars
• Sufficient labial tooth surface for bonding
• No more than one tooth missing from a single arch quadrant
• No existing molar tubes or bands

Exclusion criteria

• Presence of systemic diseases, cleft lip and palate, craniofacial anomalies, syndromes affecting bone or teeth, impacted teeth (excluding 3rd molars), and tumors of the parathyroid gland
• Presence of bridges or implants
• Cases requiring orthognathic surgery
• Significant periodontal disease
• Intake of drugs affecting tooth movement or bone formation (chronic use of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, bisphosphonates, levothyroxine, or teriparatide drug class)
• Pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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14 participants in 1 patient group

Patients with Malocclusion

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: LightForce Orthodontic System