INVIVO EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF SILVER COATING OF FIXED ORTHODONTIC RETAINERS ON THE GROWTH OF ORALPATHOGENIC BACTERIA
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- patients who have undergone fixed orthodontic therapy
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/01/007656
- Lead Sponsor
- AKSHAYA PANDIA
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
1)Patients who have completed fixed orthodontic treatment requiring fixed retainers
2)OHI score of not more than1
Exclusion Criteria
Subjects with smoking habits, active caries or periodontal pockets, systemic diseases, age greater than 25 years, or a history of antibiotic therapy during the last 3 months will be excluded
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method to assess the antibacterial effect of the silver coating on the retainer wiresTimepoint: to assess the antibacterial effect of the silver coating on the retainer wires
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method to compare the antibacterial effect of the silver coating on the retainer wires with the non coated wiresTimepoint: 2 time points <br/ ><br>i) 1 week after retainer insertion(T0) <br/ ><br>ii) 1 month after T0