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The Role of Low Level Laser Therapy in Acceleration of Teeth Alignment in Lingual Orthodontic Patients

NCT03646942 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2019-07-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

We will treat patients with class I malocclusion who have moderate crowding (4-6 mm) according to Little's irregularity index and asses the efficacy of low level laser therapy in accelerating orthodontic tooth movement .

There is two groups :

1. treated with Low level laser therapy (LLLT)
2. treated traditionally without any irradiation Patients will be randomly allocated in any group and all data will be collected through photographs when leveling and alignment completed.

Also pain levels will be assessed using numeric rating scale to compare between the two groups and if laser really can relief pain or not .

Conditions

  • Malocclusion, Angle Class I
  • Crowding

Interventions

RADIATION

low level laser therapy

low level laser therapy will be used in order to induce tooth movement. 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 Joules/each tooth.

DEVICE

Lingual Orthodontics

Lingual braces will be used to conduct the orthodontic treatment of patients with moderate level of crowding on the upper dental arch.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Damascus University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

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

  • Wael Al-Rasheed Omer, DDS · MSc student in Orthodontics, University of Damascus Dental School, Damascus, SYRIA

  • Wael Mahdi, DDS MSc PhD · Associate Professor of Periodontics, University of Damascus Dental School, Damascus, SYRIA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-06-15
Primary Completion
2018-10-01
Completion
2019-02-01

Countries

  • Syria

Study Locations

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