Malocclusion, Angle Class I
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of lingual aligners in adults. The main question to answer is: \- Are lingual aligners effective in achieving desired and predicted tooth movements?
Detailed description
The aim of this pilot study is to assess the effectiveness and the accuracy of lingual aligners by evaluating the discrepancy between the predicted and the achieved amounts of tooth movements. Also: * Patient discomfort and pain * Appliance defects * Patient compliance * Chair and treatment time Key inclusion criteria: * Adults older than 18 years old * About to undergo orthodontic treatment Key exclusion criteria: * Patients with tooth extractions or tooth agenesis with space closure * Patients with surface enamel defects * Pregnant patients * Syndromic patients or those with cleft lip and/or palate * Patients with metabolic diseases
Interventions
DEVICELingual aligners
orthodontic treatment with lingual aligners
Sponsors
University Hospital, Geneva
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Adults older than 18 years old * About to undergo orthodontic treatment
Exclusion criteria
* Patients with tooth extractions or tooth agenesis with space closure * Patients with surface enamel defects * Pregnant patients * Syndromic patients or those with cleft lip and/or palate * Patients with metabolic diseases
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tooth movement | At the end of study completion, an average of 10 months. | Tooth movement in the three planes of space measured millimetrically and with degrees, depending on the type of tooth movement |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patient discomfort / pain | Each patient visit, through study completion, an average of 10 months | Rate of Patient discomfort using the visual assessment scale |
| Appliance defects | Each patient visit, through study completion, an average of 10 months | Rate of Breakage or cracking of the aligners |
| Patient compliance | Each patient visit, through study completion, an average of 10 months | Indice of Patient compliance evaluated with a questionnaire |
| Chair and treatment time | Each patient visit, through study completion, an average of 10 months . | The amount of time the patient spends on the dental chair at each visit measured in minutes; and treatment length in months |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed