Actively Recruiting

Phase Not Applicable
Age: 18Years - 90Years
All Genders
NCT06619574

Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Positioning Accuracy and Efficiency Using a Dental Compass.

Led by Dr. Dean Reeves Clinic · Updated on 2025-02-06

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Participants Needed

1

Research Sites

120 weeks

Total Duration

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Sponsors

D

Dr. Dean Reeves Clinic

Lead Sponsor

L

Lourens A. Du Preez

Collaborating Sponsor

AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

This study is being performed to determine if the use of the Dental Compass Articular and its software will produce therapeutic splints for TMD accurately and successfully, compare favorably with a cohort treated without the Dental Compass (for number of visits, splint modifications, and required CBCTs).

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Positioning Accuracy and Efficiency Using a Dental Compass.

Who Can Participate

Age: 18Years - 90Years
All Genders

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Have temporomandibular joint dysfunction and pain
  • Cone beam CT shows a non-Gelb 4/7 position or less than 1.8 mm bone-to-bone interval between the mandibular condyle and fossa anteriorly or posteriorly
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Planning to move within 9 months
  • Unwilling to provide two phone numbers and two email contacts
  • Not willing to attend 4-6 month follow-up if symptoms improve
  • Living more than a 90-minute drive from the clinic
  • Unreliable transportation
  • Currently involved in any other TMD study
  • Have a life-threatening illness or major surgery planned
  • Experiencing major life stress that might interfere with study completion

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 1 location

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Skalff Dental Studio and Technologies 103 C West Broadway Street #3736

Gainesville, Texas, United States, 76240

Actively Recruiting

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Research Team

K

Kenneth D Reeves, MD

CONTACT

L

Lourens A duPreez, MDT, HDDT

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

NONE

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Purpose

TREATMENT

Number of Arms

2

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