CLINICAL TRIAL TO COMPARE AND EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LOW INTENSITY PULSED ULTRASOUND (LIPUS) AND LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY (LLLT) IN TREATING SKELETAL CLASS II CASES WITH FUNCTIONAL APPLIANCES.
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- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/12/038869
- Lead Sponsor
- Sri Hasanamba dental College and Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patient age group between 9-15
2. Skeletal Class II malocclusion with ANB >= 4
3. Pre-pubertal patients with CVMI stage below 4
4. Positive VTO
5. Orthognathic maxilla with retrognathic mandible
6. Overjet greater than 5mm
7. Average to horizontal growth pattern
8. Patients who are indicated for mandibular advancement using twin block functional appliance
Exclusion Criteria
1. Prognathic maxilla with orthognathic mandible
2. Condylar hyperplasia, cleft lip/palate or craniofacial deformities
3. CVMI stage greater than 5
4. Temporomandibular disorders (TMD)
5. History of trauma to the dentofacial region
6. Systemic diseases
7. Patients on long term medications
8. Previous history of orthodontic treatment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. To evaluate the change in mandibular morphology in skeletal Class II cases treated with functional appliances in conjugation with LIPUS. <br/ ><br>2. To evaluate the change in mandibular morphology in skeletal Class II cases treated with functional appliances in conjugation with LLLT. <br/ ><br>3. To compare and evaluate the change in mandibular morphology in skeletal Class II cases treated with functional appliances and in conjugation with LIPUS and LLLT. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 3. To compare and evaluate the change in mandibular morphology in skeletal Class II cases treated with functional appliances and in conjugation with LIPUS and LLLT.Timepoint: 6 months