NCT05371691

A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Two Types of Myofunctional Appliances

A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Two Types of Myofunctional Appliances: A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Baghdad · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A randomized clinical trial is set out to compare the effectiveness of two types of functional appliances in the correction of a Class II malocclusion. (Class II malocclusions are where upper front teeth bite significantly further forward in relation to lower front teeth).

Detailed description

It is a multicenter randomized clinical trial with two arms parallel group. The patients will be randomly divided into two groups, group one: Myobrace appliance will be used while, and group two Twin-block appliances will be used. Cephalometric x-ray will be taken before starting the treatment (T1) and at the end of treatment (T2) at 9 months. The effectiveness of the two appliances will be assessed and measured comparing the difference in the cephalometric X-ray before and after treatment.

Conditions

• Tooth Position Anomalies

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Myofunctional appliance	Myifunctional appliance will be used for growing patients who have Cl.II div.1 malocclusion, two types of appliances are involved myobrace and twin=block appliance

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-10
• Primary completion: 2024-07-10
• Completion: 2024-08-10
• First posted: 2022-05-12
• Last updated: 2023-11-28

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Iraq