Upper Sequential Distalization With TADs and Aligners

Launched by UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID · Apr 30, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

In this study the investigators are going to assess and compare the predictability of distal movement of upper molars in patients with class II molar relationship when superimposing the initial malocclusion with the real end of distalization phase and the predicted end of distalization phase. Also, the investigators are going to study another dental movements, pain level, aligner properties, oral hygiene, posterior root resorption, patient satisfaction, quality of life and efficiency of these systems.

The aligner systems that are going to be used are Invisalign System (Align Technology, Sa...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients who needed orthodontic treatment with aligners in both jaws.
• • Adult patients (\>18 years)
• • Full permanent dentition (excluding third molars)
• • Patients with non-surgical or non-extraction (excluding third molars) treatment
• • No active periodontal disease
• • Patients with class II molar relationship that needed molar distalization
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients with systemic diseases affecting bone metabolism or teeth or inflammatory diseases
• • Patients undergoing treatment with immunosuppressant or bisphosphonates
• • Patients undergoing chemo and radiotherapy
• • Patients with any other syndrome-associated orofacial deformation, cleft lip or palate
• • Pregnant women or non(or poor)-compliance patients with skeletal discrepancies
• • Patients with dental or skeletal crossbite that need 3 mm or more per side of expansion