NCT05557136

Effectiveness of PEEK Fixed Retainer

The Effectiveness of Polyether-Ether-Ketone (PEEK) as a Fixed Retainer Compared to Multistranded Stainless Steel Wires: A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Esraa Salman Jasim · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 32 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A randomized clinical trial is set out to compare the effectiveness of two types of fixed retainer (multistranded stainless steel and PEEK types) in maintaining the stability of lower anterior teeth with less failure rate.

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: multistranded stainless steel fixed retainer will be used while, and group two PEEK fixed retainer will be used. An intra-oral scan, intra-oral swap and periodontal indices will be taken before starting the treatment (T0), after one month (T1), after 3 months (T2), and after 6 months (T3). Patient perception concerning the fixed retainer will be taken for the patients.

Conditions

• Retention

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Multistranded stainless steel fixed retainer	Multistranded stainless steel fixed retainer is used for orthodontic patient after completion of orthodontic treatment to achieve stability of alignment.
DEVICE	Polyether-Ether-Ketone (PEEK) fixed retainer	Polyether-Ether-Ketone (PEEK) fixed retainer is used for orthodontic patient after completion of orthodontic treatment to achieve stability of alignment.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-09-03
• Primary completion: 2023-10-01
• Completion: 2023-12-01
• First posted: 2022-09-27
• Last updated: 2023-07-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iraq