Factors Associated With Pain Level Experience in Orthodontic Treatment

Chia Jung Lee150 enrolled

Overview

Orthodontic pain has been the primary concern from all patients who requires orthodontic treatment. The design of the study will help us comprehend how patient experienced and managed pain during their orthodontic treatment, average pain level in different orthodontic appliances and factors that could affect pain level experience during treatment, including gender, age, brackets types, hygiene level and habitude.

To interpret the average pain level experience in orthodontic treatment and find correlations of different pain level within each individual from the clinical reports and questionnaires collected from each patient.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

150

Conditions

Orthodontic Pain Pain Orthodontic Appliance Complication

Interventions

Pain Level experience during orthodontic treatmentBEHAVIORAL

A questionnaire was given to patients who have started their orthodontic treatment to assess their pain level experience

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patient with orthodontic treatment over 2 months and less than 12 months * Patient with braces or Invisalign * Patient who goes to orthodontic visits routinely Exclusion Criteria: * Patient undergoing orthopaedic treatment (Functional appliances, 2x4 braces placement, maxillary expansion) * Patient who do not understand Spanish * Patient with cognitive impairment * Patient who do not want to participate in the study * Patient who have complete their orthodontic treatment

Locations (1)

Centro Odonologico Innovacion y Especilidades Avanzadas

Madrid, Spain

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain level difference within different orthodontic appliances

Orthodontic appliances such as Invisalign, conventional braces and self-ligated braces are included to compare. Pain assessed through visual analogue scale (VAS) rating 0(No pain) to 10(extreme pain) were given individually to participant with different orthodontic appliances to gather information. The lower the score, the lesser the pain and vise versa.

Time frame: From date of randomisation until the date of a 150 participation. Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Secondary Outcomes

Pain level difference within different factors

Factors such as gender, age, hygiene level, tooth discrepancies, habitude and mental state could affect the pain level experience during orthodontic treatment. Survey given with respective questions and pain assessed through visual analogue scale (VAS) rating 0(no pain) to 10(extreme pain) were given individually to participant to gather information. The lower the score, the lesser the pain and vise versa.

Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year.

Central Contacts

Chia Jung Lee

CONTACT

+34603745177 jody929lee2012@gmail.com

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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