Occlusal Outcomes by OGS After a Finishing Protocol

Universidad de Antioquia40 enrolled

Overview

Evaluation of the effects of the implementation of a new finishing protocol in orthodontics patients

Patients who are being treated in the postgraduate orthodontic clinics and who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria, will be subject to a detailed evaluation according to the OGS criteria and upon meeting the treatment completion criteria they will be placed an aligner with setup for 3 weeks. The scores obtained before and after the aligner will be compared with a historical control group The OGS score obtained for each group, will be compared and the impact of the protocol and the aligner will be evaluated

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Malocclusion Orthodontics

Interventions

T1 before alignerDEVICE

The UDEA2 finishing protocol include: Training of the clinicians, evaluation of finishing records, checklist according OGS items, using of aligner with set-up)

T2 after the alignerOTHER

The UDEA2 finishing protocol include: Training of the clinicians, evaluation of finishing records, checklist according OGS items, using of aligner with set-up)

Historic control groupOTHER

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 14 YearsMax age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who completed the active phase of the bimaxillary orthodontic treatment in the Orthodontics Postgraduate Program of the UdeA by criteria of the treating clinician, during 2014 - 2018 period were included. Patients treated by using the UDEA1 finishing protocol (GC) and the UDEA 2 (GE) finishing protocol, which included aligners. All patients must have standardized diagnostic records at the end of the finishing phase (cast models and panoramic X-Rays) and must accepted to participate in the study voluntarily Exclusion Criteria: * Patients that require prosthetic, periodontal and / or surgical treatments or with systemic compromise that may influence the outcome of orthodontic treatment

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

OGS score

Calculation of the score of the Objective Grading System

Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 2 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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