Comparative study about stability and failure in patients wearing two different types of retainer appliance after orthodontic treatment.
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K088- Other specified disorders of teethand supporting structures
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/06/069055
- Lead Sponsor
- KURUNJI KUMARAN
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Both male and female subjects with in the age group of 18 to 30 yrs who had completed a course of fixed appliance therapy (involving both dental arches) with correction of dental malocclusion.
Subjects who had maintained good oral hygiene throughout treatment.
Subjects who had full and normal complement of teeth in the upper and lower anterior segments before starting orthodontic treatment.
Teeth within the anterior segments to be a regular size and shape and not restored or endodontically treated.
Subjects who have not underwent periodontal therapy except orthodontic adjunctive minor periodontal procedures before, during or at the end of orthodontic treatment.
Subjects with any general medical health problems which may influence gingival health such as diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, etc or physical / mental disability.
Subjects underwent rapid maxillary expansion or surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion.
Subjects with cleft palate or severe facial deformities.
Subjects with severe skeletal malocclusion for which orthognathic surgical correction was carried out.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Retainer failure occurrence <br/ ><br>Post orthodontic stability <br/ ><br>Timepoint: T1(day of retainer delivery) and T2 (end of 6 months). <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Periodontal health <br/ ><br>Patient perception <br/ ><br>Timepoint: T1(day of retainer delivery) and T2 (end of 6 months).