Biting contacts before and after treatment of worn teeth

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Occlusion; Oral Health

• Registration Number: ISRCTN04968978
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Leeds (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-08-17
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

1. Adult patients (male or female, age 18+) treated at the Leeds Dental Institute, who have received direct composite restorations as a fixed Dahl appliance for the treatment of worn anterior upper and/or lower dentition in the last year.
2. Be able to attend a 30 minutes appointment
3. Be competent to freely give positive consent for participation
4. Does not have an allergy to alginate

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with incomplete development of adult dentition
2. Patients with less than 2 pairs of posterior occluding teeth in each half arch (e.g. two upper premolars occluding on two lower premolars on the left hand side of the jaws and two upper premolars occluding on one lower premolar and one lower molar on the right hand side of the jaws)
3. Patients who have not completed at least 6 months of treatment by this research's data collection stage (at the moment stipulated to Nov/2012-Feb/2013).
4. Patients where upper and lower pre-operative study models, taken prior to the execution of the treatment are not available
5. Patients that for any reason can't attend appointments, or can't have upper and lower alginate impressions taken
6. Known sensitivity to alginate

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified