The Efficacy of Lingual Aligners in Adults.

University Hospitals (UH)

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Malocclusion, Angle Class I

Treatments: Device: Lingual aligners

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06050655

2023-D0045

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of lingual aligners in adults.

The main question to answer is:

• Are lingual aligners effective in achieving desired and predicted tooth movements?

Full description

The aim of this pilot study is to assess the effectiveness and the accuracy of lingual aligners by evaluating the discrepancy between the predicted and the achieved amounts of tooth movements.

Also:

• Patient discomfort and pain
• Appliance defects
• Patient compliance
• Chair and treatment time

Key inclusion criteria:

• Adults older than 18 years old
• About to undergo orthodontic treatment

Key exclusion criteria:

• Patients with tooth extractions or tooth agenesis with space closure
• Patients with surface enamel defects
• Pregnant patients
• Syndromic patients or those with cleft lip and/or palate
• Patients with metabolic diseases

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults older than 18 years old
• About to undergo orthodontic treatment

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with tooth extractions or tooth agenesis with space closure
• Patients with surface enamel defects
• Pregnant patients
• Syndromic patients or those with cleft lip and/or palate
• Patients with metabolic diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

Adults with Angle Class I malocclusion

Experimental group

Description:

* Adults older than 18 years old * About to undergo orthodontic treatment

Treatment:

Device: Lingual aligners