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â??A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF THE EFFICACY OF CANINE RETRACTION(pulling the canine teeth located at the corners of the mouth in a backward direction ) USING MODIFIED MARCOTTE AND T-LOOP RETRACTION SPRING(names of devices used to pull back the canines) â??

Phase 3
Conditions
Health Condition 1: null- Orthodontic patients with bilateral first premolar extraction
Registration Number
CTRI/2013/11/004129
Lead Sponsor
shijo davis
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Open to Recruitment
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
24
Inclusion Criteria

1 Orthodontic patients with treatment plan involving bilateral extraction of upper first premolars with or without extraction of lower premolars in the age group of 13 to 20 years.

2 No missing teeth

3 willingness to participate in the study with written consent

Exclusion Criteria

1 patients with ectopic placed canine

2 rotation of canine

3 any rotation of the anchor tooth namely first molar will be excluded

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Efficacy of Retraction of canineTimepoint: 4 months into treatment
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
anchor loss, rotation of molars and caninesTimepoint: 4 months into treatment
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