Assessment of the Locally Administrated Vitamin D3 and Corticision Efficacy on Orthodontic Canine Retraction

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age13-20
SponsorAl-Azhar University

About this trial

To study the effect vitamin D effect on orthodontic tooth movement when used in combination with coticision technique, independent t test or an equivalent non-parametric test will be used for comparison. According to a previous study by (S. T. Varughese, et al. (2019) , "Effect of vitamin D on canine distalization and alveolar bone density using multi-slice spiral CT: a randomized controlled trial

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Orthodontic patients referred for therapeutic extraction of bilateral maxillary first premolars (Angle Class II division 1 cases, with crowding and bimaxillary protrusion).

Fully erupted permanent teeth (except third molar).

Age 13-20 patients.

No previous orthodontic treatment.

Disqualifiers

Patients with impacted canines.

Patients with severe crowding.

Patients with untreated decay or any endodontic lesions.

Patients with thyroid, parathyroid, or renal and liver disease.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • patients will receive local application of vitamin D3 combined with corticision

Treatment groups

16 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators