Clinical Evaluation of 3-D Printed Partial Denture Space Maintainer
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age7-9
SponsorTanta University
About this trial
Primary dentition is the most suitable space maintainer for permanent teeth. However, as infants often lose their primary teeth too soon, using a space maintainer is the most efficient, long-lasting, and economical way to prevent malocclusions and function impairment in the future. Regarding personalized appliances, space maintainers in digital pediatric dentistry have made significant progress. Digital technology decreases the manual manufacturing stages that take a long time and increases the reliability and durability of digital fabrication procedures.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
apparently, healthy cooperative children having recent premature loss of lower primary molars
the permanent successors of the lost primary molars were not expected to erupt within 6 months
Angle's class 1 occlusion with normal primary molar relation
Presence of teeth on the mesial and distal side of the edentulous area
Disqualifiers
children exhibited poor oral hygiene, para-functional oral habits, severe crowding, space loss, and abnormal occlusion
Extraction of primary molars exceeding three months.
Radiographically, absence of permanent successor.
uncooperative children
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- space maintainer
- space maintainer
Treatment groups
40 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov