The Efficiency of Clear Aligners in Maxillary Molar Distalization: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Ain Shams University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Orthodontic Aligners

Treatments: Device: Molar distalization by aligners with attachment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06330571

Aligners in distalization

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of clear aligners on the amount of the maxillary molar distalization.

Enrollment: 10 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Age more than15 years.
2. Gender; male or female.
3. Skeletal Class I or Class II malocclusion and a bilateral half-cusp class II molar relationship that require molar distalization.
4. Mild crowding in the upper arch (≤ 4 mm).
5. Absence or previous extraction of the upper third molars.
6. Good compliance during the treatment

Exclusion criteria

1. Transversal dental or skeletal discrepancies.
2. Extraction treatment (except for the third molar).
3. Periodontal disease. .
4. Prosthodontics rehabilitation of the maxillary molars.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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10 participants in 2 patient groups

Molar distalization by aligners without attachment

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: Molar distalization by aligners with attachment

Molar distalization by aligners with attachments

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Molar distalization by aligners with attachment