Oral Health: Orthodontics Oral Health Orthodontics
Conditions
Interventions
Smart-Clip® ligature free brackets vs conventional pre-adjusted edgewise brackets (3M Unitek).
Sponsors
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients should be fit and well and not currently on any medication or suffering from any craniofacial syndrome. Medication could theoretically affect the connective tissues that remodel during orthodontic treatment 2. Children under 18 years 3. Lower incisor tooth crowding of up to 5mm as part of their malocclusion 4. A requirement for fixed orthodontic treatment on a non-extraction basis 5. More severely crowded dentitions often require the loss of premolar teeth to provide the necessary space for alignment of the dental arch
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. A complete overbite. Complete overbite might be expected to reduce rates of tooth alignment due to bracket interferences. 2. No incisor teeth completely excluded from the dental arch
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The ability of two fixed appliance orthodontic bracket systems to align crowded lower incisors. In particular lower incisor inclination and arch form changes will be compared. Null hypothesis: there is no difference in lower incisor inclination, and angulation, and lower arch dimensions using self-ligating and conventional pre-adjusted edgewise brackets. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| No secondary outcome measures | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed