Prevalence of Facial Asymmetry Among Orthodontic Patients

Facial Asymmetry Clinical Trial

Official title:

Prevalence of Facial Asymmetry Among PreOrthodontic Adult Patients: A Crosssectional Retrospective Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04635319
• Other study ID #: CEBD-CU-2019-05-15
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: November 20, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 20, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: November 2020
• Source: Cairo University
• Contact: Mohamed Abdallah, Master
• Phone: 1068489227
• Email: mohamed_zaki[@]dentistry.cu.edu.eg
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

To estimate the prevalence of facial asymmetry

Description:

The objectives of the present study are:

• To estimate the prevalence of facial asymmetry among Egyptian population, according to type, sex, and age.

• To provide an insight into the key aspects to be taken into consideration while accomplishing an accurate diagnosis and formulation of rational integrated orthodontic-surgical treatment plan that considers correction of all aspects of the asymmetry.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 132
• Est. completion date: December 20, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: May 20, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• between 18-40 years old of both sexes who asked for orthodontic treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

• • No previous orthodontic treatment.

• photographs of poor quality.

• Any hereditary diseases or syndromes such as Down's syndrome or cleidocranial dysostosis.

• Any disease of the jaw that might have affected the normal growth of permanent dentition.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Facial Asymmetry
• Facies

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Faculty of dentistry Cairo university	Cairo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cairo University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Type of facial asymmetry	chin deviation,deviation of the nasal pyramid and degree of occlusal plane cant and the relation between each type and existing malocclusion.	Just before the orthodontic treatment