Comparative Results of Maxillary Deficiency Treatment by Fixed Tongue Appliance and Fixed Facemask in Growing Patients

Phase 3

• Conditions: Maxillary Deficiency
• Interventions: Device: Fixed Face Mask; Device: Fixed Tongue Appliance

• Registration Number: NCT00916084
• Lead Sponsor: Shahid Beheshti University

Brief Summary

A new fixed appliance will be used to transfer the tongue force during its physiological activity to advance the nasomaxillary complex; this method will be compared with the traditional method which uses a facemask with a fixed appliance in the mouth.

Detailed Description

The above method will be compared with traditional one which uses the facemask in combination with an intra-oral fixed appliance.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-06
• Study First Submitted: 2009-06-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-06-08
• Study First Posted: 2009-06-09
• Status Verified: 2009-12
• Primary Completion: 2010-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-07-26
• Last Update Posted: 2010-07-27
• Study Completion: 2010-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• Growing patients
• Class III with maxillary deficiency

Exclusion Criteria

• Previous orthodontic treatment
• Uncooperative patients

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group B	Fixed Face Mask	-
Group A	Fixed Tongue Appliance	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cephalometric angles and clinical features	At least 6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Shahid Beheshti Medical University; 🇮🇷 Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of