Comparing stability of treatment results of participants with two different interventions in the form of two different designs of retention plates after completion of treatment with braces.

COMPARISON OF EFFICACY OF HAWLEY VERSUS VACUUM FORMED RETAINERS IN RELATION TO STABILITY OF TREATMENT, PERIODONTAL HEALTH, COMPLIANCE AND COMFORT: A RANDOMISED CLINICAL TRIAL - not applicable

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2025/10/096048

Enrollment

Registered

2025-10-14

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-04-27

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: K088- Other specified disorders of teethand supporting structures

Interventions

Intervention1: vacuum formed retainers: it is a two arm parallel clinical trial. One arm of the trial will include subjects receiving vacuum formed retainers which is the intervention arm of the trial

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. North Indian healthy young adult subjects with18-25 years of age. 2. Patients with completed fixed orthodontic treatment within past 7 days of enrolment. 3. Literate subjects with good understanding of English and Hindi language. 4. Subjects with the willingness to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Subjects with altered mental status, cognitive disorders and craniofacial anomalies (cleft lip and palate and other syndromes). 2. Patients with the habit of smoking/ chewing tobacco, alcohol abuse etc. 3. Subjects refusing to participate in the study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To find out which retainer out of the two (Hawley v/s vacuum formed retainer) is better in terms of stability of intercanine width, intermolar width,alingment,arch length and periodontal health in each group and their comparisonTimepoint: T0- baseline (0-7days after debonding) T1- 1 month after baseline T2- 3 months after baseline T3- 6 months after baseline	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To find out which retainer out of the two (Hawley v/s vacuum formed retainer) is better in terms of better tolerance by patients and is better at providing good oral health related quality of life in patients.Timepoint: T0- baseline (0-7days after debonding) T1- 1 month after baseline T2- 3 months after baseline T3- 6 months after baseline	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Zarina Bali

JN Kapoor DAV (C) Dental college and hospital

zarinarishi.zb@gmail.com9416081304

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 1, 2026