Title
Efficiency of clear aligners with nickel titanium wires for treating mandibular incisor crowding
Authors
Yohan Verghese1, Khumanthem Savana2,*, Bhumika Khattar3, Omar Basheer Altaher Mohammed4, Prerna Raje Batham5, Ulrika Diana Pereira Kalia6 & Noura Alessa7
Affiliation
1Department of Orthodontics, Saveetha Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; 2Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Dental College Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, Manipur, India; 3Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, JN Kapoor DAV (c) Dental College, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, India; 4Sebha Dental Faculty, Sabha University, Libya; 5Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Government College of Dentistry, Indore, MP, India; 6Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Bhabha College of Dental Sciences, Bhopal, MP, India; 7Department of Paediatric dentistry and Orthodontics, Dental College, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; *Corresponding author
Yohan Verghese -E-mail: yohan.george@mohap.gov.ae; Phone +91 8129814646
Khumanthem Savana -E-mail: savana.kh@gmail.com; Phone +91 7085341475
Bhumika Khattar -E-mail: bhumikakhattar1995@gmail.com; Phone +91 8130961509
Omar Basheer Altaher Mohammed -E-mail: omar1973den@gmail.com; Phone: 00218912225008
Prerna Raje Batham -E-mail: drprernaraje@gmail.com; Phone +91 8871575452
Ulrika Diana Pereira Kalia -E-mail: Ulrika.pereira@yahoo.com; Phone +91 9589452324
Noura Alessa - E-mail: nalessa@ksu.edu.sa; Phone: +966506414147
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received August 1, 2024; Revised August 31, 2024; Accepted August 31, 2024, Published August 31, 2024
Abstract
Patients who are allergic to nickel, which is present in stainless steel brackets and wires, commonly utilise clear aligners. The objective of this research was to compare the management of mandibular incisor crowding with nickel titanium (NiTi) wires and clear aligners. A random division of forty participants into two groups of twenty samples each was made. Participants in group B received transparent aligners, whereas those in group A received NiTi arch wires. We assessed malocclusion using Little's irregularity index. A survey instrument was utilised to document the degree of discomfort. Patients were routinely recalled every one, two, and three months. The mean score for groups A and B was 2.86 mm and 2.88 mm at baseline, 1.71 mm and 1.52 mm at one month, 1.02 mm and 1.23 mm at two months, and 0.72 mm and 0.48 mm at three months, respectively. The difference wasn't that big (p > 0.05). In groups A and B, the mean change in Little's irregularity index score was 1.19 mm and 1.21 mm at one month, 0.55 mm and 0.51 mm at two months, and 0.26 mm and 0.45 mm at three months, respectively. The difference wasn't that big (p > 0.05). For groups A and B, the corresponding mean discomfort scores were 2.6 and 2.3 at baseline, 2.2 and 1.8 after one month, 1.6 and 1.5 at two months, and 1.1 and 0.9 at three months. Since p > 0.05, the difference was not significant. The results of this study showed that NiTi wires and clear aligners worked just as well to treat cases of mandibular anterior crowding.
Keywords
Anterior crowding, clear aligners, nickel-titanium
Citation
Verghese et al. Bioinformation 20(8): 917-920 (2024)
Edited by
P Babaji & P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
