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The Effect of Ultrasound on Orthodontic Tooth Movement

NCT01828164 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2017-05-22

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Summary

To study whether or not the Aevo System™ medical device enhances the rate of tooth movement in human subjects who use orthodontic braces.

Conditions

  • Malocclusion

Interventions

DEVICE

Ultrasound

The Aevo System™ is an ultrasound emitting dental device.

DEVICE

Sham comparator

Ultrasound not activated in the comparator side of the device.20 minutes per day of ultrasound treatment on the active side of the device. The device consists of a mouth guard type device with transducers embedded in the mouth guard. In the split mouth design, the treatment arm consist of the side of the mouth with the transducers activated while the comparator arm has the transducers deactivated.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • SmileSonica Inc.

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Tarek El-Bialy, PhD, FRCD(C) · University of Alberta, Department of Dentistry

  • Kevin L Knowlton, DDS · Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto

  • Bryan D Tompson, DDS, FRCD(C) · Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto

  • Terry Carlyle, DDS, MS · Strathcona Orthodontics, Edmonton

  • William Wiltshire, BChD, ChD · Faculty of Dentistry, University of Manitoba

  • Tim Dumore, DMD, BS, MS · Dr. Dumore and Team Orthodontics, Winnipeg

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-07-31
Completion
2015-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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