Advisory Committee Chair
Lionel Sadowsky
Advisory Committee Members
Alex Jacobson
Firoz Rahemtulla
Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
2008
Degree Name by School
Master of Science (MS) School of Dentistry
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to assess treatment efficiency of one selfligating bracket system (In-Ovation, GAC International, Bohemia, NY) compared to a conventional ligating bracket system (Ovation, GAC International, Bohemia, NY) in extraction cases used in the same practice. Treatment duration, number of appointments, and number of arch wires used per patient were compared within one private orthodontic practice. The total sample size was 155 patients, 83 consecutively finished with conventionally-ligated Ovation brackets and 72 consecutively finished with In-Ovation self-ligating brackets. After applying the exclusion criteria, there were 68 patients in the self-ligated (SL) group and 79 patients in the conventionally-ligated (CL) group. Overall, significantly fewer total appointments and scheduled appointments were necessary to finish the SL patients compared to the CL patients. However, significantly more arch wires were needed to finish the SL patients compared to the CL patients. Following adjustment for age and gender, the number of total appointments and scheduled appointments remained significantly less while the number of arch wires remained significantly more between the groups of patients treated with the SL and CL brackets, respectively. These results do show that some practice management benefits may result from the use of self-ligating brackets.
Recommended Citation
Cox, Stan C. Jr, "A Comparative Study of Extraction Treatment Efficiency Using Conventional Edgewise Brackets and Self-Ligating Brackets" (2008). All ETDs from UAB. 3563.
https://digitalcommons.library.uab.edu/etd-collection/3563