Wear-documentation and Orthodontic Appliance Compliance

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Orthodontic Appliance Complication
• Interventions: Device: Wear-documentation microchip

• Registration Number: NCT05213338
• Lead Sponsor: University of Helsinki

Brief Summary

This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate whether thermosensory wear-time documentation improves patient compliance of removable orthodontic appliances treated in a public health care clinic. The patients are children and adolescents.

Detailed Description

Qualitative subjective evaluation of appliance wear comfort and compliance is recorded, in addition to objective wear-time documentations.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-01-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-01-15
• Study First Posted: 2022-01-28
• Study Start: 2022-03-10
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-24
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-27
• Primary Completion: 2025-06-01
• Study Completion: 2025-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 52

Inclusion Criteria

• orthodontic treatment with removable appliances planned

Exclusion Criteria

• non-compliance to participate in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
wear-documentation	Wear-documentation microchip	Theramon

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Treatment-time	through study completion, an average of 1 year	months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient satisfaction	through study completion, an average of 1 year	qualitative self-evaluation

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

City of Vantaa; 🇫🇮 Vantaa, Finland