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Efficacy of Piezosurgey Corticotomy (a Minimally Invasive Surgical Technique) in Accelerating Orthodontic Alignment

NCT02977221 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2017-07-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Applying flapless piezocision corticotomies on the alveolar bone and separating anterior mandibular teeth using a piezosurgery device (i.e. ultrasonic waves that perform very accurate incisions without any sutures following this procedure) may improve the speed of tooth alignment during orthodontic treatment. This study consists of two groups, patients will be randomly assigned to one of these two groups. The efficacy of this procedure on 18 patients (experimental group) will be evaluated,whereas the second group (control group) will receive a traditional orthodontic therapy. The time required to achieve complete alignment of crowded mandibular anterior teeth (from canine to canine) will be compared between the two groups.

Conditions

  • Surgical Incision
  • Malocclusion

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Piezosurgery

The device tip will be used to to create small vertical incisions into the cortex of the dento-alveolar process of the lower anterior teeth.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Damascus University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Omar Gibreal, DDS · MSc student, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, University of Damascus Dental School

  • Bassel Brad, DDS MSc PhD · Associate Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Univ. of Damascus Dental School

  • Mohammad Y Hajeer, DDS MSc PhD · Associate Professor of Orthodontics, Department of Orthodontics, University of Damascus Dental School

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
27 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-31
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2017-04-30

Countries

  • Syria

Study Locations

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