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. 2022 Feb;25(1):96-102.
doi: 10.1111/ocr.12500. Epub 2021 May 31.

Treatment of mild Class II malocclusion in growing patients with clear aligners versus fixed multibracket therapy: A retrospective study

Simona Dianiskova  1 , Roberto Rongo  2 , Raffaele Buono  2 , Lorenzo Franchi  3 , Ambra Michelotti  2 , Vincenzo D'Antò  2
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Treatment of mild Class II malocclusion in growing patients with clear aligners versus fixed multibracket therapy: A retrospective study

Simona Dianiskova et al. Orthod Craniofac Res. 2022 Feb.

Abstract

Objective: To compare the dental and skeletal effects of intermaxillary elastics on the correction of mild Angle's Class II division 1 malocclusion with clear aligner treatment (CA) versus fixed multibracket (FMB) in growing patients.

Settings and sample population: The study sample consisted of 49 consecutively patients (mean age ± SD 12.9 ± 1.7 years), 32 females and 17 males referred from the School of Orthodontics of the University of Bratislava Comenius (Slovakia). All patients were treated with a non-extraction orthodontic treatment, 25 with FMB and 24 with CA.

Methods: The cephalometric analysis was performed at the beginning (T0) and the end of the treatment (T1). The t test for unpaired data was carried out to compare cephalometric values at T0 and changes at T1-T0 between the two groups. The level of significance was set as P < .0035.

Results: The two groups showed no statistically significant differences (ANPg = -0.1°; P = .762) in the correction of the sagittal intermaxillary relation. The analysis of vertical skeletal changes showed no statistically significant effects on mandibular inclination (SN/MP = 0.1°; P = .840). The two treatments had a statistically significant and clinically relevant difference in controlling the inclination of the lower incisors (L1/GoGn = 4.8°, CAG = -0.5°± 3.9°; FMB = 4.3°± 5.8°; P < .001).

Conclusions: Class II elastics combined with CA and FMB produce a similar correction on sagittal discrepancies in growing patients. CA presented a better control in the proclination of the lower incisors. CA and elastics might be a good alternative in the correction of mild Class II malocclusion in cases where a proclination of lower incisors is unwanted.

Keywords: Class II elastics; Class II malocclusion; adolescents; clear aligners.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Cephalometric analysis and tracing: Sagittal skeletal: SNA (°), SNPg (°), ANPg (°), WITS (mm), Co‐Gn (mm), Vertical skeletal: SN to palatal plane (°), SN to mandibular plane (°), Palatal plane to mandibular plane (°), CoGoMe (°), Co‐Go (mm). Interdental: Overjet (mm), Overbite (mm). Maxillary dentoalveolar: U1 to palatal plane (°). Mandibular dentoalveolar: L1 to mandibular plane (°)
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