NCT03187483

Flash-free Brackets and Dental Plaque

Do Adhesive Flash-free Brackets Affect Bacterial Plaque? A Randomized Controlled Clinical and Microbiological Assessment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ege University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aimed to compare flash-free bracket system with conventional adhesive-coated bracket system in patients with maxillary crowding.

Detailed description

Aim: The aim of this split-mouth study was to compare conventional and adhesive flash-free-bracket systems in terms of plaque retention, white spot lesion formation, biomarker levels and select microbes in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF). Materials \& Methods: Thirty-seven systemically healthy patients (18 males, 19 females) with the age range of 13-18 years were involved in this split-mouth study. Clinical evaluations, quantitative light-induced fluorescence (QLF) imaging, GCF and plaque samplings were performed at baseline and at 1-, 2-, 3-months. QLF was repeated following debonding, GCF samples were analyzed by immunoassay and real-time PCR for the biomarker and bacteria content. Data were analyzed by Wilcoxon on dependent samples.

Conditions

• Orthodontic Treatment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	orthodontic treatment	orthodontic treatment in maxillary crowding

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-01
• Primary completion: 2014-09-01
• Completion: 2014-09-01
• First posted: 2017-06-15
• Last updated: 2017-06-15