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Effect of MOPs During Orthodontic Movement in Periodontitis Patients

Randomized Clinical Trial on the Effect of Micro-osteoperforations (MOPs) During Intrusion of Flared Upper Anterior Teeth in Stage IV Periodontitis Patients

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06068270
Acronym
MOPorthoperi
Enrollment
28
Registered
2023-10-05
Start date
2023-12-15
Completion date
2026-01-31
Last updated
2025-03-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Orthodontic Tooth Movement, Stage IV Periodontitis

Keywords

Stage IV periodontitis, Orthodontic tooth movement, Micro-osteoperforations

Brief summary

Micro-osteoperforations (MOPs) cause cortical bone injuries and consequently increase the expression of inflammatory mediators, allowing for increased bone and periodontal ligament remodeling associated with orthodontic movement. It remains unclear the effect of orthodontic intrusion combined with MOPs application on teeth with reduced periodontium. The general objective will be to determine the efficacy of MOPs during orthodontic tooth movement (OTM) in terms of periodontal and orthodontic outcomes in stage IV periodontitis patients, case type 2 with pathological tooth migration (PTM), characterized the presence of at least one flared tooth of the upper-anterior sextant with an intrabony defect (intrabony component \<5mm)

Detailed description

This is a comparative 2-arm parallel single-blinded randomized controlled clinical trial, with allocation ratio of 1:1, aimed to test an intervention (the use of MOPs) on CAL changes 12 months after placing orthodontic appliances. The control intervention will be the same treatment without the bone traumatic intervention. Sample: Patients with stage IV periodontitis case type 2 characterized with PTM characterized the presence of at least one flared tooth of the upper-anterior sextant with an intrabony defect (intrabony component \<5mm) attending the Post-graduate Program of Periodontology and the Post-graduate Program of Orthodontics of the Faculty of Dentistry at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).

Interventions

PROCEDUREMicro-ostoperforations (MOPs)

3 MOPs will be performed in the bone next to the root of the experimental tooth. MOPs will be performed using the Excellerator® (Propel Orthodontics, Denstply, Sirona)

Sponsors

Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Intervention model description

Comparative 2-arm parallel single-blinded randomized controlled clinical trial

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Patients will be included if agreeing to undertake combined periodontal and orthodontic therapy following the clinical practice guideline of stage IV periodontitis patients, and fulfilling the following criteria: * adult patients older than 18-year-old; * systemically healthy (see

Exclusion criteria

); * diagnosed as stage IV (Papapanou et al., 2018) case-type 2 (Herrera et al. 2022) periodontitis; * the presence of at least one flared tooth of the upper-anterior sextant with an intrabony defect (intrabonny component \<5mm) (experimental teeth); * in need of orthodontic therapy.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
CAL12 monthsclinical attachment level (CAL) in mm

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Type of movement12 monthsDescription of the type of movement (categorical outcome)
Duration of orthodontic treatment>12 monthsTotal duration in months
External apical root resorption (EARR)12 monthsPresence of EARR (in mm3)
Probing pocket depth (PPD)12 monthsPPD in mm
Gingival margin level (GM)12 monthsGM in mm
Gingival recessions12 monthsRecessions in mm
Pain questionnaire12 monthsPain questionnaire (VAS scale 0-100)
Suppuration on probing (SOP)12 monthsSOP (presence or absence)
Plaque index (PI)12 monthsPI (categorical outcome)
Radiographic periodontal outcomes12 monthsRadiographic bone level (RBL), radiographic defect angle
Inflammatory biomarkers in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF)12 monthsInflammatory biomarkers RANKL and OPG, in picograms.
Oral health related quality of life questionnaire (OHRQoL)12 monthsOral health related quality of life questionnaire (OHRQoL)
Aesthetic component of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN)12 monthsIOTN after orthodontic therapy
Bleeding on probing (BOP)12 monthsBOP (presence or absence)

Countries

Spain

Contacts

Primary ContactConchita Martin, Prof
mariacom@ucm.es+343941901
Backup ContactElena Figuero, Prof
efigueruiz@odon.ucm.es+343941901

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026