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Using Probiotics to Improve Oral Hygiene During Orthodontic Treatment

NCT06641960 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2024-10-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Fifty patients needing non-extraction-based metallic orthodontic treatment will be divided randomly into the probiotic group and the control group. In each group, they will brush their teeth regularly while receiving orthodontic treatment. Only the probiotic group will take probiotic tablets for six months.

Clinical parameters will be assessed before and during orthodontic treatment and after 3 and 6 months during treatment.

Conditions

  • Orthodontic Appliance Complication

Interventions

DRUG

Probiotics

In this group, the patients will undergo orthodontic treatment with metallic appliances and receive oral hygiene instruction with probiotic lozenges.

PROCEDURE

Traditional treatment

In this group, the patients will undergo orthodontic treatment with metallic appliances and receive oral hygiene instruction without probiotic lozenges.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Damascus University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lana Hasan Albardwel, DDS · Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Damascus, Damascus , Syria

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-03-05
Primary Completion
2023-08-06
Completion
2024-06-17

Countries

  • Syria

Study Locations

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