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Effect of Low Level Laser Therapy in Accelerating Tooth Movement For Dental Crowding Cases

NCT02568436 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2016-07-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

26 participants from the Orthodontic Department at University of Damascus Dental School will be randomly assigned into two groups. In the experimental group, a low level laser with a wave length of 830 nm, output of 150 mw, energy of 2 j per point and application time of 15 seconds per point will be applied on each tooth of the six upper incisors according to this protocol: the root will be divided into 2 halves; gingival and cervical. Laser will be applied in the center of each half from both the buccal and palatal sides which means 4 application points and a total energy of 8 j per each tooth. Control group will undergo typical orthodontic treatment with the laser device applied the same manner but without being turned on (to get the placebo effect for pain reduction effect). This procedure will be repeated after 3, 7, 14 days and each 15 days from the beginning of the second month till the end of the leveling and alignment stage.

Conditions

  • Maxillary Crowded Teeth

Interventions

RADIATION

low level laser therapy

low level laser therapy is intended to accelerate tooth movement

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Damascus University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mohammad Moaffak Al-Sayed Hasan, DDS · MSc student at the Orthodontic Department, University of Damascus Dental School

  • Kinda Sultan, DDS MSc PhD · Senior Lecturer in Orthodontics, University of Damascus Dental School, SYRIA

  • Omar Hamadah, DDS MSc PhD · Senior Lecturer, Oral Medicine Department, University of Damascus Dental School, Damascus, Syria

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
24 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-07-31
Primary Completion
2016-03-31
Completion
2016-05-31

Countries

  • Syria

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