An interventional study of Lingual aligners in Malocclusion, Angle Class I, sponsored by University Hospital, Geneva. Enrolling by invitation at 1 site in Switzerland. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-10-18.
Sponsored by University Hospital, Geneva · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of lingual aligners in adults.
The main question to answer is:
The aim of this pilot study is to assess the effectiveness and the accuracy of lingual aligners by evaluating the discrepancy between the predicted and the achieved amounts of tooth movements.
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Key inclusion criteria:
Key exclusion criteria:
35 studies on the registry are indexed under Malocclusion, Angle Class I; 10 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 20 is below the median of 32 across 31 interventional studies indexed under Malocclusion, Angle Class I.
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Exclusion Criteria:
* Adults older than 18 years old * About to undergo orthodontic treatment
Device: Lingual aligners
orthodontic treatment with lingual aligners
Tooth movement
Tooth movement in the three planes of space measured millimetrically and with degrees, depending on the type of tooth movement
Time frame: At the end of study completion, an average of 10 months.
Patient discomfort / pain
Rate of Patient discomfort using the visual assessment scale
Time frame: Each patient visit, through study completion, an average of 10 months
Appliance defects
Rate of Breakage or cracking of the aligners
Time frame: Each patient visit, through study completion, an average of 10 months
Patient compliance
Indice of Patient compliance evaluated with a questionnaire
Time frame: Each patient visit, through study completion, an average of 10 months
Chair and treatment time
The amount of time the patient spends on the dental chair at each visit measured in minutes; and treatment length in months
Time frame: Each patient visit, through study completion, an average of 10 months .
Plan to share: No — Primary participant data will only be shared with other researchers upon reasonable request
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