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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01314729
Date of registration: 07/03/2011
Primary sponsor: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Public title: Comparison of the Effect of Two Types of Fixed Retainers on the Health of the Gums
Scientific title: Clinical and Radiographic Comparison and Evaluation of Two Types of Lingual Fixed Retainers on the Health of Periodontium
Date of first enrolment: May 2010
Target sample size: 48
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01314729
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Diagnostic  
Countries of recruitment
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Contacts
Name:   Sepideh Torkan, resident
Address: 
Telephone: 0098913 3271281
Email: sepideh.torkan@yahoo.com
Affiliation: 
Name:   Sepideh Torkan, resident
Address: 
Telephone: 0098 913327 1281
Email: sepideh.torkan@yahoo.com
Affiliation: 
Name:   Morteza Oshagh, Associate professor
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Shiraz Dental School
Name:   Sepideh Torkan, resident
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Shiraz Dental School
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. The patient who have completed orthodontic treatment

2. The patients should be healthy with no systemic disease at the time

3. In clinical examination no apparent periodontal disease or inflammation should be
present

4. Patients who have complete permanent dentition (3rd molar eruption is not required)



Age minimum: 13 Years
Age maximum: 18 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Health of Periodontium
Intervention(s)
Device: Composite-wire retainer
Device: Fiber-reinforced-composite retainer
Primary Outcome(s)
measuring PDL width in periapical radiographs [Time Frame: approximately 20 months]
Measuring periodontal status through clinical examination [Time Frame: approximately 20 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
assessing periodontal status using Bleeding on probing [Time Frame: approximately 20 months]
assessing periodontal status using Calculus Index [Time Frame: approximately 20 months]
assessing periodontal status using Plaque Index [Time Frame: approximately 20 months]
Assessing periodontial status with Gingival Index [Time Frame: approximately 20 months]
Secondary ID(s)
8901372055shirazUMS
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Shiraz Dental School, Orthodontic Research Center
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