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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03354442
Date of registration: 15/11/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Damascus University
Public title: Treatment of Class III Malocclusion Using Modified Fixed Mandibular Retractor Appliance
Scientific title: Evaluation of the Efficacy of Modified Fixed Mandibular Retractor Appliance in the Treatment of Class III Malocclusion: A Clinical Randomized Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: May 15, 2017
Target sample size: 44
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03354442
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Syrian Arab Republic
Contacts
Name:     Ahmad S Burhan, PhD.
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Affiliation:  Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients in early mixed dentation (7-9 years old).

- Skeletal class III caused by mandibular prognathism with or without maxillary
deficiency judged clinically and confirmed radiographically (ANB=1).

- Anterior crossbite on two teeth or more.

- Normal inclination of the lower incisors with the mandibular plane.

- Good oral hygiene.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Poor oral hygiene.

- Previous orthodontic treatment.

- Patients with syndromes, clefts, or craniofacial abnormalities.

- Severe skeletal class III resulting primarily from mandibular prognathism (ANB less
than - 4 with no functional shift on closure)

- Patients with facial asymmetry.

- Patients with vertical growth pattern.



Age minimum: 7 Years
Age maximum: 9 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Malocclusion, Angle Class III
Intervention(s)
Device: Modified Fixed Mandibular Retractor Appliance
Primary Outcome(s)
ANB angle changes [Time Frame: Changes will be evaluated before treatment and after obtaining 3mm positive overjet, which will take approximately 8 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Lower incisor angle changes [Time Frame: Changes will be evaluated before treatment and after obtaining 3mm positive overjet, which will take approximately 8 months]
SNA angle changes [Time Frame: Changes will be evaluated before treatment and after obtaining 3mm positive overjet, which will take approximately 8 months]
Upper incisor angle changes [Time Frame: Changes will be evaluated before treatment and after obtaining 3mm positive overjet, which will take approximately 8 months]
Profile changes [Time Frame: Changes will be evaluated before treatment and after obtaining 3mm positive overjet, which will take approximately 8 months]
SNB angle changes [Time Frame: Changes will be evaluated before treatment and after obtaining 3mm positive overjet, which will take approximately 8 months]
Secondary ID(s)
UDDS-Ortho-08-2017
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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