The study will be performed on human subjects undergoing orthodontic treatment to correct mild crowding with both techniques enhancing the final smile characteristics of the patients.
The study concisits of two groups, the intervention group entails performing bonding of orthodontic brackets following smile arc protection bonding strategy while the control group entails performing bonding using the MBT placement guide and comparing the final smile outcomes after reaching steel archwires for both groups using customized questionnaires for orthodontists and laypersons.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
22
female patients with mild crowding will recieve orthodontic brackets bonding using smile arc protection bonding strategy
female patients with mild crowding will recieve orthodontic brackets bonding using MBT placement guide bonding strategy
Cairo University, Faculty of Dentistry.
Cairo, Egypt
RECRUITINGsmile arc assessment by orthodontists
subjective assessment of the beauty of the smile using close up photographs and questionnaires filled by orthodontists and graded scale from 0-10
Time frame: 6 months follow up
smile arc analysis using frontal extraoral photographs of the posed smile
analysis in millimeters for anthropometric measurements
Time frame: 6 months follow up
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