An interventional study of Pitts 21 bracket system and MBT bracket system in Dental Crowding, Smile Arc Correction and Maxillary Crowded Teeth, sponsored by Srinivas College of Dental Sciences. Completed at 1 site in India. Open to participants aged 13 Years to 40 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-17.
Sponsored by Srinivas College of Dental Sciences · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the two orthodontic bracket systems namely MBT and the Pitts21 for maxillary anterior decrowding, initial alignment as well as the smile arc correction in 6 month period.
This randomized clinical trial is done among participants who reported with mild to moderate maxillary anterior crowding. The initial alignment of the dental arch and development of smile arc was evaluated.
88 studies on the registry are indexed under Crowding; 22 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 30 is below the median of 36 across 74 interventional studies indexed under Crowding.
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Pitts 21 is a self ligating bracket system
Device: Pitts 21 bracket system · Device: MBT bracket system
MBT is a conventional bracket system
Device: Pitts 21 bracket system · Device: MBT bracket system
This is a self ligating orthodontic bracket system
This is a conventional backet system in orthododntics
Initial maxillary alignment and smile arc development
Time frame: Baseline to 6 months
Dental alignment
It was assessed on maxillary alginate impression at baseline, 2 months, 4 months and 6 months. Casts were poured and a digital caliper was used to mmeasure
Time frame: Baseline to 6 months
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