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Last refreshed on: 20 June 2016
Main ID:  NCT02424422
Date of registration: 20/04/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Damascus University
Public title: The Effect of Expansion on Craniofacial Sutures in Children Using 3D Imaging
Scientific title: The Effect of Rapid Maxillary Expansion on Craniofacial Sutures in Children Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography
Date of first enrolment: February 2015
Target sample size: 15
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02424422
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Syrian Arab Republic
Contacts
Name:     Mowaffak Ajaj, DDS MSc PhD
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Affiliation:  Associate Professor of Orthodontics, University of Damascus Dental School
Name:     Nemat Al-Kaissi, DDS
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Affiliation:  MSc student at the Department of Orthodontics, University of Damascus Dental School
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- skeletal maxillary transverse deficiency

- age between 8 and 12

- not previously treated orthodontically

- no presence of craniofacial syndromes or congenital deformities

- presence of unilateral or bilateral cross-bites

Exclusion Criteria:

- previous orthodontic treatment

- absence of any posterior cross-bite

- presence of any congenital malformations or dentofacial syndromes

- patients of non-Syrian ancestry

- mental retardation



Age minimum: 8 Years
Age maximum: 12 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Skeletal Maxillary Transverse Deficiency
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in craniofacial suture width [Time Frame: A CBCT image will be taken before the commencement of maxillary expansion and anther CBCT image will be taken within 3 days following orthopedic appliance removal]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
UDDS-Ortho-01-2015
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
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