TY - JOUR
AU1 - Ata-Ali, Fadi
AU2 - Ata-Ali, Javier
AU3 - Lanuza-Garcia, Alicia
AU4 - Ferrer-Molina, Marcela
AU5 - Melo, Maria
AU6 - Plasencia, Eliseo
AB - Abstract Purpose To evaluate orthodontic treatment outcome in patients treated with a lingual appliance (Incognito™ Appliance System, 3M Unitek, Monrovia, CA, USA) versus patients treated with a labial appliance (Victory series™, 3M Unitek, Monrovia, CA, USA). Methods A total of 72 patients were retrospectively analyzed. The complexity of each case was evaluated using the American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) Discrepancy Index (DI), and orthodontic clinical outcomes were evaluated using the ABO Objective Grading System (cast-radiograph evaluation: C‑R Eval). Results The mean total ABO C‑R Eval score was 16 ± 9.1 in the labial appliance group and 12.7 ± 5.4 in lingual appliance group (p = 0.152). The mean total ABO-DI scores were 16.3 ± 7.3 and 15.4 ± 6.6 in the labial and lingual appliance groups, respectively (p = 0.445). A significant correlation was observed between the total DI and total C‑R Eval scores. Conclusions In this particular study and in the hands of two experienced orthodontists, no differences in the finishing quality of orthodontic treatments using the lingual technique or the buccal appliance technique were found. However, further prospective studies with larger sample sizes are necessary in order to generalize these results.
TI - Clinical outcomes of lingual fully customized vs labial straight wire systems
JF - Journal of Orofacial Orthopedics / Fortschritte der Kieferorthopädie
DO - 10.1007/s00056-020-00248-0
DA - 2021-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/clinical-outcomes-of-lingual-fully-customized-vs-labial-straight-wire-80X82nt7TZ
SP - 13
EP - 22
VL - 82
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -