The Efficacy of Lingual Aligners in Adults.
- Conditions
- Malocclusion, Angle Class I
- Interventions
- Device: Lingual aligners
- Registration Number
- NCT06050655
- Lead Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
- Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of lingual aligners in adults.
The main question to answer is:
- Are lingual aligners effective in achieving desired and predicted tooth movements?
- Detailed Description
The aim of this pilot study is to assess the effectiveness and the accuracy of lingual aligners by evaluating the discrepancy between the predicted and the achieved amounts of tooth movements.
Also:
* Patient discomfort and pain
* Appliance defects
* Patient compliance
* Chair and treatment time
Key inclusion criteria:
* Adults older than 18 years old
* About to undergo orthodontic treatment
Key exclusion criteria:
* Patients with tooth extractions or tooth agenesis with space closure
* Patients with surface enamel defects
* Pregnant patients
* Syndromic patients or those with cleft lip and/or palate
* Patients with metabolic diseases
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
- Adults older than 18 years old
- About to undergo orthodontic treatment
- Patients with tooth extractions or tooth agenesis with space closure
- Patients with surface enamel defects
- Pregnant patients
- Syndromic patients or those with cleft lip and/or palate
- Patients with metabolic diseases
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Adults with Angle Class I malocclusion Lingual aligners * Adults older than 18 years old * About to undergo orthodontic treatment
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Tooth movement At the end of study completion, an average of 10 months. Tooth movement in the three planes of space measured millimetrically and with degrees, depending on the type of tooth movement
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Appliance defects Each patient visit, through study completion, an average of 10 months Rate of Breakage or cracking of the aligners
Chair and treatment time Each patient visit, through study completion, an average of 10 months . The amount of time the patient spends on the dental chair at each visit measured in minutes; and treatment length in months
Patient discomfort / pain Each patient visit, through study completion, an average of 10 months Rate of Patient discomfort using the visual assessment scale
Patient compliance Each patient visit, through study completion, an average of 10 months Indice of Patient compliance evaluated with a questionnaire
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Geneva
🇨🇭Geneva, Switzerland