Efficacy of lower arch leveling, lower incisors' root resorption, and pain associated with the correction of curve of Spee using different orthodontic archwires: a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare between 3 archwires (AWs) for leveling curve of Spee (COS) in terms of efficacy of reduction, external apical root resorption (EARR), pain experienced, and the lower arch dimensional changes during COS leveling.

Trial design

Randomized clinical trial.

Setting

Jordan University of Science and Technology Postgraduate dental clinics.

Material and methods

Fifty-three subjects with COS > 5 mm were included in this study. The subjects were randomly divided into three groups based on the AW used: group 1, 0.017 × 0.025-inch stainless-steel (SS) AW; group 2, 0.019 × 0.025-inch SS AW; and group 3, 0.021 × 0.025-inch β-titanium (TMA) AW. The intervention was randomly allocated using the permuted random block size of 3 with a 1:1:1 allocation ratio.

SUBMITTER: Nasrawi YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9708813 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature