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The study aimed to compare the short- and long-term effectiveness of hybrid Hyrax (HH) -Facemask (FM) and HH-mentoplate (MP) treatment protocols for maxillary protraction using Alt-RAMEC.Methods
A single-center 2-arm parallel randomized controlled trial. Participants: 28 skeletal class III patients (female: 14, male: 14; average age: 9.7 ± 1.3 years;) were included. Interventions: Two treatment groups where protraction therapy was combined with Alt-RAMEC. Group 1: Facemask group (Hybrid Hyrax + Facemask) and Group 2: Mentoplate group (Hybrid Hyrax + Mentoplate). Objective: To compare skeletal and dental changes between groups using low dose computed tomography (CT) scan from which virtual lateral cephalograms were generated. Outcome: Outcomes include changes in W"],"journal":["European journal of orthodontics"],"pagination":["cjaf011"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11920792"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Long-term comparison of maxillary protraction with hybrid hyrax-facemask vs. hybrid hyrax-mentoplate protocols using Alt-RAMEC: a 5-year randomized controlled trial."],"pmcid":["PMC11920792"],"pubmed_authors":["Politis C","Shujaat S","Meyns J","Meewis J","Schreurs A","Jacobs R","Aerts J","Dons F"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Long-term comparison of maxillary protraction with hybrid hyrax-facemask vs. hybrid hyrax-mentoplate protocols using Alt-RAMEC: a 5-year randomized controlled trial.","description":"Background
The study aimed to compare the short- and long-term effectiveness of hybrid Hyrax (HH) -Facemask (FM) and HH-mentoplate (MP) treatment protocols for maxillary protraction using Alt-RAMEC.Methods
A single-center 2-arm parallel randomized controlled trial. Participants: 28 skeletal class III patients (female: 14, male: 14; average age: 9.7 ± 1.3 years;) were included. Interventions: Two treatment groups where protraction therapy was combined with Alt-RAMEC. Group 1: Facemask group (Hybrid Hyrax + Facemask) and Group 2: Mentoplate group (Hybrid Hyrax + Mentoplate). Objective: To compare skeletal and dental changes between groups using low dose computed tomography (CT) scan from which virtual lateral cephalograms were generated. Outcome: Outcomes include changes in W","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Feb","modification":"2026-05-23T03:19:57.321Z","creation":"2025-04-06T10:46:13.716Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11920792","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40105065"],"doi":["10.1093/ejo/cjaf011"]}}