Smile Arc Assessment in Orthodontic Patients Following Smile Arc Protection VS MBT Placement Guide Bonding Strategies

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Orthodontic Appliance Complication

Treatments: Device: 18 inch slot MBT orthodontic brackets boned using MBT placement guide; Device: 18 inch slot MBT orthodontic brackets bonded using smile arc protection bonding strategy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05277506

ORTH 3-3-3

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will be performed on human subjects undergoing orthodontic treatment to correct mild crowding with both techniques enhancing the final smile characteristics of the patients.

Full description

The study concisits of two groups, the intervention group entails performing bonding of orthodontic brackets following smile arc protection bonding strategy while the control group entails performing bonding using the MBT placement guide and comparing the final smile outcomes after reaching steel archwires for both groups using customized questionnaires for orthodontists and laypersons.

Enrollment: 22 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 16 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• female patients
• no/mild/moderate crowding or spacing
• non-extraction treatment decision with non-extraction profile
• adults age 16-30 years
• full permanent dentition including fully erupted 7s not necessarily 8s
• good oral hygiene.

Exclusion criteria

• severe crowding
• cleft lip and palate/syndromic patients
• bad oral hygiene
• unerupted or partially erupted 7s
• extracted or missing teeth

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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22 participants in 2 patient groups

smile arc protection bonding strategy group

Experimental group

Description:

female patients with mild crowding will recieve orthodontic brackets bonding using smile arc protection bonding strategy

Treatment:

Device: 18 inch slot MBT orthodontic brackets bonded using smile arc protection bonding strategy

MBT placement guide group

Active Comparator group

Description:

female patients with mild crowding will recieve orthodontic brackets bonding using MBT placement guide

Treatment:

Device: 18 inch slot MBT orthodontic brackets boned using MBT placement guide