Comparing Ways to Reduce Pain When Removing Braces.

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: malocclusion

• Registration Number: CTRI/2025/06/089211
• Lead Sponsor: Dr. Shaik Farhatulla

Brief Summary

**PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:** To evaluate and compare the effectiveness of different pain management methods like finger pressure, stress relief, vibration anesthesia and elastomeric wafer in reducing pain during orthodontic debonding using visual analogue scale.

**STUDY HYPOTHESIS:**



Null Hypothesis: there is no significant difference in pain perception during orthodontic debonding among four pain management methods.



alternative hypothesis: there is a significant difference in pain perception during orthodontic debonding among the four pain management methods, with at least one method being more effective in reducing pain than the others.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 2025-05-30
• Study Start: 2025-06-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 140

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients aged between 18 and above years who could understand, assess and answer the questionnaires 2.
• Undergoing treatment of both arches 3.
• Finishing arch wires present for at least two months prior to debonding.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with a history of taking medicine periodically or in the last 24 hr 2.Patients with anxiety score of more than 8 according to GAD 7 scoring 3.
• Debonded brackets at the time of debonding 4.
• Missing teeth except for extracted premolars 5.
• Active periodontal problems 6.
• Craniofacial deformities that would affect the dentoalveolar bone quality 8.
• Surgical treatment including impacted tooth removal.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
level of pain VAS Score	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
duration of debonding procedure	anxiety levels

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

GSL DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL; 🇮🇳 Godavari, ANDHRA PRADESH, India

GSL DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL

🇮🇳Godavari, ANDHRA PRADESH, India

Dr Shaik Farhatulla

Principal investigator

9849492909

shaikfarhat79@gmail.com