The purpose of this investigation is intended to evaluate the efficacy of surgically facilitated orthodontic treatment (SFO) in terms of treatment time, incidence of root shortening, and occurrence of mucogingival side effects compared to conventional orthodontic therapy in patients undergoing orthodontic treatment to correct crowding and/or retroclination of their mandibular anterior dentition.
The null-hypothesis for this research project is that there will be no difference in the rate of orthodontic movement among patients requiring proclination or alignment of their mandibular anterior teeth with SFO (TEST group) as compared to conventional orthodontic treatment (CONTROL group). A null-hypothesis is that there will be no difference between both treatment groups in the occurrence of dental (root shortening) or periodontal (mucogingival defects, alveolar bone resorption) complications associated with orthodontic treatment.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Surgically facilitated Orthodontic treatment in the mandibular anterior region
Conventional orthodontic Procedure
Rate of orthodontic tooth movement
Difference between the rate of orthodontic tooth movement between the two groups as measured by linear measurements on digitized study casts obtained at 4-week intervals.
Time frame: 6 months(plus or minus 1 week)
Incidence of mucogingival defects
Incidence of mucogingival defects as clinically measured by gingival recession (GR), clinical attachment level (CAL), probing depth (PD), width of keratinized tissue (WKT) and biotype), by a calibrated examiner
Time frame: 6 months(plus or minus 2weeks) after initiation of treatment
Incidence and magnitude of apical root resorption
Incidence and magnitude of apical root resorption will be estimated from pre- and post-treatment cone-beam computed tomograms (CBCTs)
Time frame: 6(plus or minus 1) months following initiation of treatment
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