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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2024 Jun;27(3):485-493.
doi: 10.1111/ocr.12753. Epub 2024 Jan 16.

Treatment stability with bonded versus vacuum-formed retainers after 12 months: A randomized clinical trial

Silvio Augusto Bellini-Pereira  1 , Aron Aliaga-Del Castillo  2 , Lorena Vilanova  1 , Tiago Turri de Castro Ribeiro  3 , Guilherme Janson  1 , Daniela Garib  1 , José Fernando Castanha Henriques  1
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Treatment stability with bonded versus vacuum-formed retainers after 12 months: A randomized clinical trial

Silvio Augusto Bellini-Pereira et al. Orthod Craniofac Res. 2024 Jun.

Abstract

Objective: To compare the clinical effectiveness of V-bend bonded retainers (BR) versus vacuum-formed retainers (VFR) regarding their capacity to maintain treatment stability and survival rates after 12 months.

Materials and methods: Patients finishing orthodontic treatment were randomly allocated into two groups. The BR group received maxillary and mandibular BRs in the lingual surfaces of the anterior teeth. The VFR group received VFRs right after fixed appliances removal. The patients were evaluated at four time-points: at fixed appliances removal (T0), after 3 (T1), 6 (T2) and 12 months (T3). In each time-point digital models were obtained and analysed with the OrthoAnalyzer™ software. Treatment stability based on occlusal outcomes and retainers' survival rates were evaluated. Intergroup comparisons were performed using Mann-Whitney U-tests. The Kaplan-Meier survival plot and the log-rank test were employed to assess the retainers' survival.

Results: Both BR and VFR groups included 25 patients. The groups were comparable regarding their baseline characteristics. Up to 6 months, both retainers were equally effective; however, after 12 months, BRs were more effective in maintaining the incisors' alignment in the maxilla and the mandible compared to the VFRs. No differences were noticed in the intercanine and intermolar widths, overjet and overbite. There were no differences regarding the retainers' survivability in both arches.

Conclusions: BRs were more effective in maintaining the alignment of the incisors in the maxilla and mandible compared to VFRs after 12 months. Both retainers presented the same survival rates after the same period.

Keywords: Orthodontic retainers; Orthodontics; Randomized clinical trial.

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