An Effective Way of Reducing Traumatic Ulcer In Early Phase of Orthodontic Treatment - A Single Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.
Journal Title: International Journal of Dental Science and Innovative Research (IJDSIR) - Year 2019, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Aims: To temporarily cover the brackets with flowable composite to reduce the mucosal irritation in the early phase of orthodontic treatment and to check its feasibility.Settings and Design: It’s a Split-Mouth design, single blinded randomized controlled trial where the investigator was blinded regarding the site of trial.Methods and Material: Fifty patients with normal oral mucosa were selected for the trial and four standardized intraoral photographs were taken. The selected patients received metal brackets 0.022 slot MBT prescription and the brackets were shielded using flowable composite (soft flow) on the trial side of the oral cavity completing the baseline assessment (T0). Three days after delivering the shields (T1), the shields were removed and the patient’s were allowed to rate their level of discomfort using a visual analog scale and then the mucosal assessment was done. Four days after removal of the shields (T2), the mucosal assessment and discomfort levels were recorded.Statistical analysis used: Chi-square and Mann-Whitney U test was applied in the study.Results: At T1, very high statistical significance was found in the terms of mucosal alterations (t-value -10.11111), while there was no statistically significant difference at T2 (t-value -1.26161). The patient’s discomfort at T1 was ‘U’ value is -6.476 which is statistically highly significant while there was statistically no significance at T2.Conclusions: The flowable composite shields can be used as a chair-side alternative to effectively reduce traumatic ulcerations, increasing the patient’s compliance.
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Dr. Spoorthy Obalapura
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