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Evaluating the Influence of Showing Patients Their Predicted Teeth Alignment on Their Expectations and Satisfaction

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Crowding, Tooth
Interventions
Device: Fixed orthodontic appliances
Registration Number
NCT05010616
Lead Sponsor
Damascus University
Brief Summary

Patients who have moderate crowding will be treated in this study. The efficacy of showing the predicted alignment of patient's teeth at the end of orthodontic treatment previously to treatment on their expectations from orthodontic treatment and their satisfaction with their teeth alignment will be assessed.

Detailed Description

It is known that most patients expect that orthodontic treatment will improve their appearance which increases their confidence and self-esteem level.

The ability to approach patient's expectations to reality is crucial to making them reasonable and to improve patient's satisfaction with treatment outcomes.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
25
Inclusion Criteria
  • Class I malocclusion with moderate crowding (between 4-6 mm of tooth-size-arch-length-discrepancy).
  • Good oral hygiene and periodontal health.
  • No severe skeletal discrepancy.
  • Normal proclination for the upper and lower incisors.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Bimaxillary dentoalveolar severe protrusion.
  • Need for extraction.
  • Previous orthodontic treatment.
  • Subject with psychological abnormalities.
  • congenitally missing or extracted teeth (except for the third molars).
  • history of previous trauma to the maxillofacial region or surgical interventions.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Three-dimensional digital simulation with fixed applianceFixed orthodontic appliancesThe records will be obtained at the first visit, which will be one week before placing brackets. At the second visit, the orthodontic appliances will be applied; then assessments will be taken after 15 minutes of showing the patient the digital simulation of their teeth alignment at the end of orthodontic treatment.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes in patient's satisfaction with frontal teeth relationshipT1: patient's second visit to clinician to begin the orthodontic treatment and after 15 minutes of showing patient the digital simulation of their teeth alignment at the end of orthodontic treatment, T2: at the end of treatment after removing brackets

Patients will be asked: express your satisfaction with your frontal teeth relationship? Question will be answered on paper using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) with grades from 0 to 10.

Grade 0 = not satisfied. Grades 1-3 = less satisfied. Grades 4-6 = average satisfaction. Grades 7-9 = highly satisfied. Grade 10 = most satisfied

Changes in patient's satisfaction level with teeth alignmentT1: patient's second visit to clinician to begin the orthodontic treatment and after 15 minutes of showing patient the digital simulation of their teeth alignment at the end of orthodontic treatment, T2: at the end of treatment after removing brackets

Patients will be asked: express your satisfaction with teeth alignment. Question will be answered on paper using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) with grades from 0 to 10.

Grade 0 = not satisfied. Grades 1-3 = less satisfied. Grades 4-6 = average satisfaction. Grades 7-9 = highly satisfied. Grade 10 = most satisfied

Change in patient's expectation towards smile improvementT0: 1 week before placing brackets, T1: patient's second visit to clinician to begin the orthodontic treatment and after 15 minutes of showing patient the digital simulation of their teeth alignment at the end of orthodontic treatment

Patients will be asked: Do you expect the orthodontic treatment to produce a better smile? Question will be answered on paper using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) with grades from 0 to 10.

Grade 0 = not expected. Grades 1-3 = less expected. Grades 4-6 = average expected. Grades 7-9 = highly expected. Grade 10 = most expected.

Change in patient's expectation towards teeth alignment:T0: 1 week before placing brackets, T1: patient's second visit to clinician to begin the orthodontic treatment and after 15 minutes of showing patient the digital simulation of their teeth alignment at the end of orthodontic treatment

Patients will be asked: Do you expect the orthodontic treatment to straighten your teeth? Question will be answered on paper using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) with grades from 0 to 10.

Grade 0 = not expected. Grades 1-3 = less expected. Grades 4-6 = average expected. Grades 7-9 = highly expected. Grade 10 = most expected.

Changes in patient's satisfaction with teeth appearanceT1: patient's second visit to clinician to begin the orthodontic treatment and after 15 minutes of showing patient the digital simulation of their teeth alignment at the end of orthodontic treatment, T2: at the end of treatment after removing brackets

Patients will be asked: Are you satisfied with your teeth appearance? Question will be answered on paper using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) with grades from 0 to 10.

Grade 0 = not satisfied. Grades 1-3 = less satisfied. Grades 4-6 = average satisfaction. Grades 7-9 = highly satisfied. Grade 10 = most satisfied

Changes in patient's satisfaction level with teeth engagementT1: patient's second visit to clinician to begin the orthodontic treatment and after 15 minutes of showing patient the digital simulation of their teeth alignment at the end of orthodontic treatment, T2: at the end of treatment after removing brackets

Patients will be asked: express your satisfaction with teeth engagement. Question will be answered on paper using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) with grades from 0 to 10.

Grade 0 = not satisfied. Grades 1-3 = less satisfied. Grades 4-6 = average satisfaction. Grades 7-9 = highly satisfied. Grade 10 = most satisfied

Change in patient's expectation towards chewing improvementT0: 1 week before placing brackets, T1: patient's second visit to clinician to begin the orthodontic treatment and after 15 minutes of showing patient the digital simulation of their teeth alignment at the end of orthodontic treatment

Patients will be asked: Do you expect the orthodontic treatment to make it easier to eat? Question will be answered on paper using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) with grades from 0 to 10.

Grade 0 = not expected. Grades 1-3 = less expected. Grades 4-6 = average expected. Grades 7-9 = highly expected. Grade 10 = most expected.

Change in patient's expectations towards speech improvementT0: 1 week before placing brackets, T1: patient's second visit to clinician to begin the orthodontic treatment and after 15 minutes of showing patient the digital simulation of their teeth alignment at the end of orthodontic treatment

Patients will be asked: Do you expect the orthodontic treatment to make it easier to speak? Question will be answered on paper using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) with grades from 0 to 10.

Grade 0 = not expected. Grades 1-3 = less expected. Grades 4-6 = average expected. Grades 7-9 = highly expected. Grade 10 = most expected.

Change in patient's expectations towards oral hygiene improvementT0: 1 week before placing brackets, T1: patient's second visit to clinician to begin the orthodontic treatment and after 15 minutes of showing patient the digital simulation of their teeth alignment at the end of orthodontic treatment

Patients will be asked: Do you expect the orthodontic treatment to make it easier to keep your teeth clean? Question will be answered on paper using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) with grades from 0 to 10.

Grade 0 = not expected. Grades 1-3 = less expected. Grades 4-6 = average expected. Grades 7-9 = highly expected. Grade 10 = most expected

Change in patient's expectations towards getting a better social confidenceT0: 1 week before placing brackets, T1: patient's second visit to clinician to begin the orthodontic treatment and after 15 minutes of showing patient the digital simulation of their teeth alignment at the end of orthodontic treatment

Patients will be asked: Do you expect the orthodontic treatment to give you confidence socially? Question will be answered on paper using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) with grades from 0 to 10.

Grade 0 = not expected. Grades 1-3 = less expected. Grades 4-6 = average expected. Grades 7-9 = highly expected. Grade 10 = most expected.

Scores of questions 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 will be summed to obtain total expectation's score.

Questionnaires applied by patients at (T0) and (T1) will be compared by:

* Comparing each question individually between T0 and T1.

* Comparing questionnaire's overall score between T0 and T1.

Change in patient's expectations towards getting a better careerT0: 1 week before placing brackets, T1: patient's second visit to clinician to begin the orthodontic treatment and after 15 minutes of showing patient the digital simulation of their teeth alignment at the end of orthodontic treatment

Patients will be asked: Do you expect the orthodontic treatment to improve your chance of a good career? Question will be answered on paper using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) with grades from 0 to 10.

Grade 0 = not expected. Grades 1-3 = less expected. Grades 4-6 = average expected. Grades 7-9 = highly expected. Grade 10 = most expected.

Patient's overall satisfaction with his teeth at the end of orthodontic treatmentT2:at the end of orthodontic treatment after removing brackets] Patients will be asked: express your overall satisfaction with your teeth at the end of treatment.

Question will be answered on paper using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) with grades from 0 to 10. Grade 0 = not satisfied. Grades 1-3 = less satisfied. Grades 4-6 = average satisfaction. Grades 7-9 = highly satisfied. Grade 10 = most satisfied

Scores of questions 7-8-9-10-11-12 will be summed to obtain total expected satisfaction's score.

Scores of questions 7-8-9-10-11-13 will be summed to obtain total eventual satisfaction's score.

Questionnaires applied by patients at (T1) and (T2) will be compared by:

* Comparing each question individually between T1 and T2.

* Comparing questionnaire's overall score between T1 and T2.

Patient's overall satisfaction level with his teeth alignment following checking the predicated planT1: patient's second visit to clinician to begin the orthodontic treatment and after 15 minutes of showing patient the digital simulation of their teeth alignment at the end of orthodontic treatment

Patients will be asked: express your overall satisfaction with your teeth after watching your predicted teeth alignment.

Question will be answered on paper using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) with grades from 0 to 10.

Grade 0 = not satisfied. Grades 1-3 = less satisfied. Grades 4-6 = average satisfaction. Grades 7-9 = highly satisfied. Grade 10 = most satisfied.

Secondary Outcome Measures
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Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Orthodontics, University of Damascus Dental School

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Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

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