Evaluation of the Effect of Corticotomy and Low Level Laser Therapy on Orthodontic Tooth Movement
Evaluation of the Combined Effect of Corticotomy and Low Level Laser Therapy on the Rate of Orthodontic Tooth Movement: Split Mouth Randomized Clinical Trial
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Brief Summary
The aim of the present study was to compare, a standard efficient technique in accelerating OTM as surgical corticotomy as a gold standard versus surgical corticotomy combined with LLLT in an attempt for further acceleration of OTM.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at below P25 for not_applicable
Started Apr 2015
Typical duration for not_applicable
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
April 1, 2015
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
May 1, 2018
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
May 1, 2018
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
April 3, 2019
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
April 8, 2019
CompletedApril 8, 2019
April 1, 2019
3.1 years
April 3, 2019
April 5, 2019
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Rate of canine retraction
Rate of canine retraction using a digital caliper, units of mm, readings extracted from digital models reading each month.
4 months
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Root resorption
after 4 months from start of clinical trial
Study Arms (2)
Corticotomy facilitated orthodontics.
ACTIVE COMPARATORCorticotomy is carried out under local anesthesia in right side.
Corticotomy and low level laser therapy
EXPERIMENTALCorticotomy is carried out under local anesthesia followed by low-intensity laser therapy that is started on the selected experimental side on the same day as placement of the coil spring
Interventions
Corticotomy is carried out under local anesthesia followed by low-intensity laser therapy that is started on the selected experimental side on the same day as placement of the coil spring
Corticotomy is carried out under local anesthesia in right side.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Post pubertal patients with age more than 17 years.
- Class I or Class II (Angles' classification) malocclusion cases requiring 1st premolar extraction with moderate anchorage.
You may not qualify if:
- Patients having missing permanent canine teeth in maxillary arch.
- History of trauma or root canal treatment in maxillary canines.
- History of previous orthodontic treatment.
- History of hormonal disorder or syndrome.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Cairo Universitylead
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Masking Details
- Single Blind Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Assistant lecturer, Orthodontics department, Faculty of Dentistry-MSA University
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
April 3, 2019
First Posted
April 8, 2019
Study Start
April 1, 2015
Primary Completion
May 1, 2018
Study Completion
May 1, 2018
Last Updated
April 8, 2019
Record last verified: 2019-04