Status:
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
ACCURATE ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS POSITIONING WITH OR WITHOUT DENTAL MAGNIFYING LOUPES
Lead Sponsor:
University of Malaya
Conditions:
Bracket Bonding
Digital Application
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-45 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the accuracy of bracket positioning on tooth facial axis of clinical crown with dental loupes (L) or without dental loupes (NL) on orthodontic patients. Th...
Detailed Description
Interventions This was a two-arm parallel, singe-centre randomised study where the patients that have been treatment planned were randomised into two groups according to the block pattern: Group NL:...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Able to maintain good periodontal health with BPE score 0,1 or 2.
- Healthy teeth without fractures, abrasions, size-shape abnormalities, or poor morphology
- Fully erupted and complete permanent dentition from right to left premolars on maxillary and mandibular arches.
- Overbite and overjet that allowed brackets to be placed on the lower teeth without occlusal interferences.
- Mild and moderate crowding \< 8.0 mm.
Exclusion
- Patient with craniofacial disorders (e.g. cleft lip and palate, craniofacial syndromes)
- Clinically visible dental caries, proximal restorations (Class II amalgam or composite), build-ups, crowns, onlays that affect the tooth's mesiodistal diameter.
- Patients that required maxillary and mandibular anterior tooth extraction
- Congenital defects or deformed teeth
- Obvious interproximal or occlusal wear of teeth
- Severe crowding (severe overlapping unable to place bracket)
- Infraocclusion, gingival hyperplasia
- Patient that requires sectional mechanics or brackets swapping mechanics in orthodontic treatment.
- Traumatic extraction
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 2 2024
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 30 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
18 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT07134803
Start Date
October 2 2024
End Date
October 30 2025
Last Update
August 21 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Malaya
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 50603