Compliance After Orthodontic Treatment Using Thermoplastic or Hawley Retainers

Orthodontic Retention Compliance Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Objective Evaluation of Compliance After Orthodontic Treatment Using Thermoplastic or Hawley Retainers: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03683862
• Other study ID #: 341/10.07.17
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 3, 2018
• Est. completion date: March 5, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: March 2019
• Source: University of Athens
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to assess adolescent's compliance after the end of orthodontic treatment using either thermoplastic or Hawley retainers in the upper arch, with the aid of TheraMon microsensor (MC Technology GmbH).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 77
• Est. completion date: March 5, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: March 5, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 12 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients that have completed orthodontic treatment (are at stage of debonding) with fixed appliances in the upper and lower arch

• age 12- 18

Exclusion Criteria:

• systematic diseases

• craniofacial anomalies (clefts, etc)

• handicapped patients with problems of compliance

• pregnant women

• previous orthodontic treatment or compromise orthodontic treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Orthodontic Retention Compliance

Intervention

Other:
• orthodontic appliance
Orthodontic device for retention in the upper arch, after the end of orthodontic treatment

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Greece	School of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Athens

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Athens

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Greece, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Compliance of retainer wear	Compliance of retainer wear at 3 months, as expressed by average hours of daily wear (with the aid of TheraMon)	3 months
Secondary	Compliance of retainer wear	Compliance of retainer wear at 1 month, as expressed by average hours of daily wear (with the aid of TheraMon)	1 month
Secondary	Association between objective compliance assessment and diary reported hours	Association between objective compliance assessment (TheraMon) and diary reported hours (by patient)	3 months
Secondary	Association between objective compliance assessment and diary reported hours	Association between objective compliance assessment (TheraMon) and diary reported hours (by patient)	1 month