Status:

COMPLETED

The Impact of Surgical Technique on PDC

Lead Sponsor:

Örebro County Council

Collaborating Sponsors:

Sormland County Council, Sweden

Jonkoping County Hospital

Conditions:

Tooth, Impacted

Eligibility:

All Genders

8-16 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Permanent canines in the maxilla usually erupt into the mouth at 11-12 years of age. In approximately 2% of the Swedish population they fail to erupt, and are then referred to as impacted. One severe ...

Detailed Description

Methods of exposing canines are today left to the personal choice of the surgeon and orthodontist. According to an unpublished survey among orthodontists in Sweden 2012, 80% of them use the closed tec...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with diagnosis of uni- or bilateral palatally impacted canine/-s planned for surgical exposure at start of treatment of the impacted canines. In the bilateral impaction cases, the impacted canine in the more severe position according to the criteria (in Zone 2-4) proposed by Ericson and Kurol is included in the trial.
  • Dental development stage: maxillary DS2M1 and DS3M2 according to Björk
  • Pretreatment mesial position of the impacted canine in Zone 2-4, according to the criteria proposed by Ericson and Kurol, documented in panoramic radiographs.

Exclusion

  • Diseases affecting the somatic and/or craniofacial growth
  • Diseases not compatible with anaesthesia or surgery
  • Known neuropsychiatric diagnosis or documented learning disability
  • Problem to understand Swedish (patient and parent). Interpreter needed
  • Patients older than 16 years of age at the year of start of treatment
  • Ongoing orthodontic treatment
  • Patients with agenesis of the lateral incisor in the impacted side
  • Pretreatment mesial position of the impacted canine in Zone 5, according to the criteria proposed by Ericson and Kurol, documented in panoramic radiographs
  • Pretreatment vertical position of the impacted canine above the full length root of the central incisor on the same side, according to Fleming, PS. et al.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

February 1 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

120 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02186548

Start Date

June 1 2013

End Date

February 1 2021

Last Update

September 10 2021

Active Locations (3)

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1

Tandregleringen, Kungsgatan. 21A

Eskilstuna, Sweden, 631 88

2

Odontologiska institutionen, avdelningen för ortodonti, Hermansvägen 5

Jönköping, Sweden, 551 11

3

Centrum för specialisttandvård, avdelningen för ortodonti, Klostergatan 26

Örebro, Sweden, 703 61