Efficacy of Digital Versus Conventional Nance and Transpalatal Arch Appliances for Space Maintenance

N/AActive Not RecruitingNCT07593378

Pharos University in Alexandria115 enrolled

Overview

To compare the effect of digital fabricated Nance and transpalatal arch appliances versus conventional fabricated Nance and transpalatal arch appliances.

measuring arch parameters: arch perimeter, anterior segment perimeter, maxillary width, anterior segment length, right molar rotation angle, left molar rotation angle, palatal vault depth

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

115

Conditions

Space Maintenance

Interventions

digital fabricated nance applianceDEVICE

digital fabricated space maintainers

digital TPA applianceDEVICE

digital fabricated space maintainer

conventional nance applianceDEVICE

conventional fabricated nance appliance

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 8 YearsMax age: 9 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy children aged 8-9 years * Bilateral, prematurely extracted maxillary primary molars within a period not more than one month were selected. * Fully erupted maxillary permanent first molars. * Angle's class I occlusion. * Adequate space for premolar eruption according to Moyer's arch length analysis. Exclusion Criteria: * Children with congenitally absent permanent successors. * Children with successors not covered by bone. * Children with successors with two-thirds or more of their roots formed.

Locations (1)

Pharos Univeristy in Alexandria

Alexandria, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

arch parameters

arch perimeter will be measured by 3d slicer software for digital prefabricated appliance and conventional fabricated appliance for both nance and TPA

Time frame: 3 months

Secondary Outcomes

arch width

arch width will be measured by 3d slicer software for digital prefabricated appliance and conventional fabricated appliance for both nance and TPA

Time frame: 3 months

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