Dental Pain, Orthodontics
Conditions
Interventions
The patients had to have their treatment beginning with the upper arch only for the first month.
The patients were divided into two groups: Group I (experimental), with 20 members): all patients used
Other
Sponsors
São Leopoldo Mandic
São Leopoldo Mandic
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patientes with aged 13 until 40 years; complete permanent dentition; moderate crowding.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with elastic separators, phenylalanine allergy, TMJ symptoms, chronic use of analgesics and those that would need to use medicine for any other reason were excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Was hoped that less pain could ocurr in patientes of group I than group II, showing the efficacy of chew gum in pain control in orthodontics treatment.Based on the variation of pain scores from 24 to 72h of group I (-2.93±3.02) a power of 98.2% was estimated in showing of treatment 1 (n=20) in reducing post-treatment pain. Similarly, based on the variation of pain scores from 24 to 72h of group II (-1.78±1.93) a power of 95.5% was estimated in showing the efficacy of treatment 2 (n= 18) in reducing post-treatment pain (p<0.05, paired t test).;The results did not demonstrate a statistically significant difference between the groups I and II, that showed not efficacy in chew gum in pain control during orthodontics treatment. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Not expected secundary outcomes. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactJade Banderier
São Leopoldo Mandic
Outcome results
None listed