NCT04387578

Evaluation of Efficiency for Three Different Aligning Archwires During Initial Orthodontic Leveling

Evaluation of Efficiency for Three Different Aligning Archwires During Initial Orthodontic Leveling: A Prospective Clinical Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ahmed Talaat Hussein Ali · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years – 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The present prospective clinical study was directed to evaluate the efficiency of three different aligning archwires during initial orthodontic leveling.

Detailed description

The present prospective clinical study was directed to evaluate efficiency of three different aligning arch wires during initial orthodontic leveling. The sample of present study included 30 patients, 15 females and 15 males; with a mean age was 17.81 ± 1.96 years. They were randomly allocated into three equal groups, according to the type of the aligning arch wire as follows: 1. Group A: in which 10 patients, with a mean age was 17.27 ± 1.95 years, were treated with conventional singlestrand NiTi arch wires. 2. Group B: in which 10 patients, with a mean age was 17.33 ± 2.42 years, were treated with Niobium-titanium-tantalum-Zirconium (Gummetal) arch wires. 3. Group C: in which 10 patients, with a mean age was 18.70 ± 1.49 years, were treated with multistrand NiTi arch wires. Mandibular orthodontic study models were taken every 4 weeks and laser scanned to obtain 3D digital models during the 3 months observation period of the study. The changes in LII were determined at every 4 weeks observation intervals. Moreover, the changes in inter-canine, inter-1st premolar and inter-molar widths before and after three months were evaluated and compared among the three groups of aligning arch wires. Data were collected and statistically analyzed via Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS, version 23). One Way ANOVA and Kruskall-Wallis tests were used to assess the difference among the three studied groups and paired t-test was used to assess the difference and percent of changes within each group before and after three months observation period.

Conditions

• Dental Malocclusion
• Dental Crowding

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	fixed orthodontic appliance and arch wires	leveling and aligning stages in orthodontics

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-09-01
• Primary completion: 2019-09-10
• Completion: 2019-09-20
• First posted: 2020-05-14
• Last updated: 2020-05-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt