Smile Arc Assessment in Orthodontic Patients Following Smile Arc Protection Versus MBT Placement Guide Bonding Strategies: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Orthodontic Appliance Complication
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Enrollment
- 22
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- smile arc assessment by orthodontists
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The study will be performed on human subjects undergoing orthodontic treatment to correct mild crowding with both techniques enhancing the final smile characteristics of the patients.
Detailed Description
The study concisits of two groups, the intervention group entails performing bonding of orthodontic brackets following smile arc protection bonding strategy while the control group entails performing bonding using the MBT placement guide and comparing the final smile outcomes after reaching steel archwires for both groups using customized questionnaires for orthodontists and laypersons.
Investigators
Noura Mohamed Hamza Hassan Saleh
dentist
Cairo University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •female patients
- •no/mild/moderate crowding or spacing
- •non-extraction treatment decision with non-extraction profile
- •adults age 16-30 years
- •full permanent dentition including fully erupted 7s not necessarily 8s
- •good oral hygiene.
Exclusion Criteria
- •severe crowding
- •cleft lip and palate/syndromic patients
- •bad oral hygiene
- •unerupted or partially erupted 7s
- •extracted or missing teeth
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
smile arc assessment by orthodontists
Time Frame: 6 months follow up
subjective assessment of the beauty of the smile using close up photographs and questionnaires filled by orthodontists and graded scale from 0-10
Secondary Outcomes
- smile arc analysis using frontal extraoral photographs of the posed smile(6 months follow up)