Predict Tooth Wear (PREDITOOTH)

Civil Hospices of Lyon

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Prediction of Tooth Wear

Treatments: Other: Tooth Shape assessed using an intraoral scanner one after avulsion

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06681844

69HCL23_1046

Details and patient eligibility

About

Tooth wear, resulting from gradual loss of dental hard tissue due to mechanical and chemical factors, impacts tooth structure, texture, and function. It affects quality of life, with varying prevalence (26.9% to 90.0%), and is traditionally detected visually during check-ups, often at advanced stages. Monitoring alterations in tooth shape via intraoral scanners aids early detection, but restoration remains challenging. Prevention through early detection is vital, as patients may not fully comprehend tooth structure loss until visible. Recently, statistical shape analysis (SSA) used to learn the tooth anatomy and define a reference shape (biogeneric tooth) using. However, assuring landmark consistency is challenging mostly due to biases of the operator. Recently, a robust method called MEG-IsoQuad offered automated, isotopological remeshing. Combining this with SSA holds promise for diagnostic and simulation purposes. This study aims to assess the reliability of a remeshing-SSA approach for altered and intact premolar analysis and compare machine learning algorithms for simulating the shape of the initially intact tooth or future altered one.

The clinical perspective of the current work offers possibilities to:

• Prevent future tooth wear by detecting it at an early stage; and communicate better to the patient by presenting him/her potential future altered teeth
• Simulate the adapted reconstruction for the altered tooth by simulating the initially intact one

Enrollment: 1,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• teeth avulsed presenting a tooth wear index between 0 and 3
• mature incisor, canine, premolar or molars (1st and 2nd only)

Exclusion criteria

• teeth avulsed presenting a tooth wear index over 3 (or presenting an oral rehabilitation representative of a similar wear)
• immature teeth or teeth without root edification
• wisdom teeth

Trial design

1,000 participants in 1 patient group

all mature teeth presenting a tooth wear intact or presenting a tooth wear altered

Description:

Scaling of the tooth before scanning by the operator Evaluation of the tooh wear index 0 or 1 (by 2 calibrated experts )

Treatment:

Other: Tooth Shape assessed using an intraoral scanner one after avulsion