Gingival Thickness of Impacted Maxillary Canines

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This study was conducted to compare the periodontal health of labially and palatally impacted maxillary canines with similar mesio-distal displacement, perpendicular distance, and angulation, and to compare them with the contralateral canines that served as control teeth. Two null hypothesis were tested: (1) there are no differences in attached and keratinized gingival widths and gingival thickness between impacted teeth and controls, and (2) there are no differences in attached and keratinized gingival widths and gingival thickness of labially and palatally impacted canines.

Clinical Trial Description

When a tooth is embedded in the alveolar bone and fails to erupted into the oral cavity within the expected time, dental impaction occurs. Maxillary canine impaction has been observed more frequently in the palatal position than labial position, and unilaterally than bilaterally. Treatment of these teeth, which consitute a transition between the anterior and posterior dental segments and therefore have a great of importance both from functional and aesthetic point of view, is recommended rather than extraction. Many complications that have been reported to be faced during the surgical exposure and orthodontic alignment of the impacted teeth are devitalization, external root resorption, damage to adjacent teeth, marginal bone loss, re-exposure of the tooth, and gingival recession. Gingival recession is the apical migration of the gingival margin beyond the cementoenamel junction, resulting in the clinical exposure of the root surface. The term gingival biotype is generally used to describe the thickness of the gingiva in faciolingual/faciopalatinal direction. Although a large number of existing studies in the broader literature have examined the periodontal health of labially and palatally impacted maxillary canines seperately, limited number of studies compared the labially and palatally maxillary impacted canines. Since one of the factors affecting the posttreatment periodontal health is the initial vertical and horizontal position of the impacted teeth, these studies were observed not provided any information about the pretreatment mesio-distal displacement, perpendicular distance and angulation of the impacted maxillary canines. At this point, this study was conducted to compare the periodontal health of labially and palatally impacted maxillary canines with similar mesio-distal displacement, perpendicular distance, and angulation, and to compare them with the contralateral canines that served as control teeth. Two null hypothesis were tested: (1) there are no differences in attached and keratinized gingival widths and gingival thickness between impacted teeth and controls, and (2) there are no differences in attached and keratinized gingival widths and gingival thickness of labially and palatally impacted canines. ;

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT04860388
Study type	Interventional
Source	Yuzuncu Yil University
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	May 29, 2019
Completion date	March 15, 2021

View Details

See also
Status	Clinical Trial	Phase
Completed	`NCT04375540` - Vertical Gingival Display Changes Associated With Upper Premolars Extraction	N/A
Completed	`NCT04235010` - Genius Toothbrushes on Periodontal Status of Orthodontic Patients	N/A
Recruiting	`NCT05644119` - Periodontal and Orthodontic Outcomes of Straight vs. Looped Fixed Retainers	N/A
Completed	`NCT01344473` - A Trial of Tooth Mousse to Remineralise Post-orthodontic Treatment White Spot Lesions	N/A
Completed	`NCT03421886` - Assessment of the Efficacy of the Aerodentis System	N/A
Completed	`NCT03187483` - Flash-free Brackets and Dental Plaque	N/A
Completed	`NCT01268852` - Effectiveness of Insignia ™ Versus Standard Orthodontic Treatment With Damon Q Brackets	N/A
Completed	`NCT03440996` - Comparison of Three Toothpastes for the Prevention and Reduction of White Spot Lesions	N/A
Terminated	`NCT03308851` - Evaluation of the Effects of Osteoperforation and Piezocorticision on Canine Retraction	N/A
Completed	`NCT03446690` - MI Varnish for the Prevention of White Spot Lesions	Phase 4
Active, not recruiting	`NCT06436664` - The Effects of Different Tooth Brushing Explanations in Fixed Orthodontic Treatment	N/A
Recruiting	`NCT04050657` - Appointment Intervals and Orthodontic Tooth Movement	N/A
Completed	`NCT04549948` - Curve of Spee: Speed of Leveling Using Different Orthodontic Archwires	N/A
Completed	`NCT02209818` - Effect of Laser Application in Pain Management Following the Use of Orthodontic Elastomeric Separators	N/A
Completed	`NCT01320657` - A Clinical Trial of Three Fixed Orthodontic Appliances	N/A
Recruiting	`NCT05361616` - Impact of Photobiomodulation on Pain During Orthodontic Treatment.	N/A
Completed	`NCT05988723` - Evaluation of the Effects of Obesity on Orthodontic Tooth Movement
Recruiting	`NCT04773210` - Association Between Type of Ligating Brackets and Oral Health-related Quality of Life in Orthodontic Patients

Clinical trials are conducted in a series of steps, called phases - each phase is designed to answer a separate research question.

Phase 1: Researchers test a new drug or treatment in a small group of people for the first time to evaluate its safety, determine a safe dosage range, and identify side effects.
Phase 2: The drug or treatment is given to a larger group of people to see if it is effective and to further evaluate its safety.
Phase 3: The drug or treatment is given to large groups of people to confirm its effectiveness, monitor side effects, compare it to commonly used treatments, and collect information that will allow the drug or treatment to be used safely.
Phase 4: Studies are done after the drug or treatment has been marketed to gather information on the drug's effect in various populations and any side effects associated with long-term use.