Alignment Efficiency and Coating Durability of Aesthetic Archwires

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

132

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 2, 2017

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2020

Study Completion Date

January 31, 2020

Conditions
Tooth Movement
Interventions
OTHER

Aesthetic archwires

During bond-up, randomly allocated envelope will be opened and archwires will be ligated with elastomeric ligatures.After 4 weeks,the same archwires will be retied.Any fractured archwire will be recorded and discarded.The fractured wire will be replaced with conventional archwire and treatment continues.On the 2nd follow-up (at 8th week), the tested wires are collected, disinfected, dried and placed back in the allocated envelope.Upper and lower impressions will be taken.Questionnaires will be answered by participants.The trial ends and treatment continues as planned.Fractured archwire will be recorded and discarded.

OTHER

Control group

During bond-up, randomly allocated envelope will be opened and archwires will be ligated with elastomeric ligatures.After 4 weeks,the same archwires will be retied.Any fractured archwire will be recorded and discarded.The fractured wire will be replaced with conventional archwire and treatment continues.On the 2nd follow-up (at 8th week), the tested wires are collected, disinfected, dried and placed back in the allocated envelope.Upper and lower impressions will be taken.This group will not answer the questionnaire.The trial ends and treatment continues as planned.Fractured archwire will be recorded and discarded.

Trial Locations (3)

13200

Advanced Medical & Dental Institute, Kepala Batas

13500

Desa Murni Dental Clinic, Permatang Pauh

16150

School of Dental Sciences, Kubang Kerian

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Universiti Sains Malaysia

OTHER

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