Smile Arc Assessment in Orthodontic Patients Following Smile Arc Protection VS MBT Placement Guide Bonding Strategies

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Orthodontic Appliance Complication

• Registration Number: NCT05277506
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-01-10
• Study First Submitted: 2022-02-18
• Status Verified: 2022-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-03-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-03-03
• Study First Posted: 2022-03-14
• Last Update Posted: 2022-03-14
• Primary Completion: 2022-09
• Study Completion: 2022-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 22

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
smile arc assessment by orthodontists	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 Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
smile arc analysis using frontal extraoral photographs of the posed smile	6 months follow up	analysis in millimeters for anthropometric measurements

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cairo University, Faculty of Dentistry.; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt