Orthodontic Appliance Complication
Conditions
Keywords
orthodontics
Brief summary
This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate whether thermosensory wear-time documentation improves patient compliance of removable orthodontic appliances treated in a public health care clinic. The patients are children and adolescents.
Detailed description
Qualitative subjective evaluation of appliance wear comfort and compliance is recorded, in addition to objective wear-time documentations.
Interventions
DEVICEWear-documentation microchip
Microchip embedded in the appliance
Sponsors
University of Helsinki
City of Vantaa
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
10 Years to 15 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* orthodontic treatment with removable appliances planned
Exclusion criteria
* non-compliance to participate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment-time | through study completion, an average of 1 year | months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patient satisfaction | through study completion, an average of 1 year | qualitative self-evaluation |
Countries
Finland
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORHeidi Arponen, PhD
University of Helsinki
Outcome results
None listed