Pain Perception and Rate of Canine Retraction Through Self- Ligating Brackets and Conventional Elastomeric Ligation System: A Split Mouth Study

Autor: Irfan Qamruddin, Asma Gul Khan, Fatima Muhmmad Asif, Meanaz Karim, Shifat A. Nowrin, Fazal Shahid, Mohammad Khursheed Alam
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada, Vol 20 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1519-0501
1983-4632
Popis: Objective: To evaluate the rate of tooth movement and the pain perception via self-ligating (SL) and conventional elastomeric ligation brackets (CB) system. Material and Methods: This study has been conducted at the Orthodontic Department of Baqai Dental College, Baqai Medical University. The sample size of this study comprised 40 patients, falling between the age of 12-30 years without any sex discrimination. Shapiro-Wilk was used to check the distribution of data. Non-parametric Mann Whitney U test was applied to evaluate the pain associated with SL and CB brackets system. To analysis the canine retraction Wilcoxon test was applied for the comparison of CB and SL brackets system. For all statistical analyses, the p-value of
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