Active clinical trials for "Malocclusion"

Acceleration of orthodontic tooth movement persuades tremendous rise in the interest of adolescents and aduts, as it not only shortens the treatment duration but also lessens the incidence of white spot lesions, root resorption, periodontal and other soft tissue problems. Minimal invasive techniques i.e.both piezocision and micro-osteoperforations had promising results in accelerating tooth movement. Therefore current study will provide evidence for better minimal invasive technique in terms of reducing treatment time and patient comfort.

Canine retraction after 1st premolar extracion into the extraction space is a routine treatment in orthodontics. Orthodontic patients requiring first premolar extraction, canine retraction and maximum anchorage were recruited for this randomized controlled trial. A search of the literature did not indicate the ideal frequency of elastomeric chain reactivation for optimum canine retraction. The study was approved by the ethical committee. The first premolars were extracted. Elastomeric chains were used to retract the canine distally into the 1st premolar space. The optimum reactivation interval was evaluated regarding the efficiency of treatment in terms of rate of canine retraction, canine tipping and rotation, root resorption and pain at the intervals of 2, 4, 6 and 8 weeks. Three dimensional imaging, as well as digital scanning were the methods for data collection.

Several methods aiming at the acceleration of orthodontic tooth movement have been proposed, including low-level laser therapy (LLLT), which showed promising results. However, the frequency of patient recall has been one of its major drawbacks.

The objective of this prospective study is to compare these two treatments (conventional brackets v.s. self-ligating brackets) in malocclusion to determine which treatment will provide the better oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL) outcomes for patients during the initial orthodontic treatment compared with pretreatment.

This study will be conducted to see if unlocking mandible from deep bite in growing females by flat fixed anterior bite plane will change mandibular position in skeletal mandibular deficiency and if there is a difference in the change of mandibular position if we assisted the mandible by holding it in a more forward position by modified inclined fixed anterior bite plane .These results will be compared to normal mandibular growth from previous records of a matched control group in the discussion afterthat.

The aim of this study is to compare en masse (EM) and two-step anterior teeth retraction (TSR) evaluated by means of three-dimensional images superimposition. Thirty-two adult patients with bimaxillary protrusion planed for treatment with four first premolar extractions will be enrolled. All patients will be randomly allocated in a 1:1 ratio to either EM (n=16) group or the TSR (n=16) group. Cone bean computed tomography will be taken before and after anterior retraction. A blind observer will construct separate 3D models for maxillary and mandibular surfaces using the anterior cranial fossa to register models of before and after space closing. Quantitative assessment of posterior anchorage loss and amount of anterior teeth retraction are the main outcomes. The secondary outcomes are the inclination of the molars, canines and incisors.

accelerated anterior teeth retraction with the help of microosteoperforation procedure and miniscrews.

Importance and justification The importance of carrying out this study is to verify the electrical activity generated by the masticatory muscles to be able to have clarity of their performance in the development of orthopedic treatment, thus complementing the diagnosis to achieve a more successful treatment with myofunctional device SN1 in Class II malocclusions. In addition, with the results of this study, treatment prediction criteria are provided to the clinician, depending on the thickness of the muscle, more specific equipment will be chosen to solve the malocclusion and prognosis when using the SN1 myofunctional device in class II malocclusions. Additionally, it has academic utility, since there is little scientific evidence about myofunctional SN1 device and its impact on masticatory muscles, thus opening the door to a line of research where this study can be used as a basis for future orthopedic clinical research. in UNICIEO. Added to this and according to the results, the knowledge about the SN1 will be updated, thus providing evidence for the teaching of orthopedics for the students; and also a measurement protocol with electromyography for children will be provided Overall objective To evaluate the electrical activity of the masseter and temporal muscles in patients from 7 to 12 years of age, with skeletal class II who are under treatment with myofunctional apparatus (Sn1), in the UNICIEO orthopedics clinic by means of kinesiological electromyography compare with a control group without use of the device Specific objectives Determine the activity of the masseter and temporal muscles of patients at rest (without functional orthopedic apparatus) in the two study groups. To determine the activity of the masseter and temporal muscles of the patients after the use of functional orthopedic equipment (Sn1), after six months of treatment and in the control group without treatment.

The aim of the study is to compare an Infra-zygomatic Mini implant supported appliance with headgear in distalization and intrusion of maxillary dentition for treatment of growing patients with class II malocclusion (maxillary excess)

23 female participants with class II div I will have extraction of bilateral first bicuspids 10 weeks after bond- up appointment. The extracted teeth will be preserved in special containers for subsequent microscopic analysis. Four months later, upon space closure phase, the patient will have a piezocision surgery on one side randomly chosen. Virtual models will be generated once before the surgery and monthly after for four and a half months. The models will be scanned by CADCAM and later tooth movement will be analyzed in regards to the rugae area.