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- Title
Prevalence and type of pain during conventional and self-ligating orthodontic treatment.
- Authors
Tecco, Simona; D'Attilio, Michele; Tetè, Stefano; Festa, Felice
- Abstract
This study investigated the prevalence and type of pain experienced during orthodontic treatment in 30 subjects (12 males, 18 females, aged 12–18 years) with crowding. Fifteen patients were treated with conventional brackets (Victory Series) and 15 with self-ligating brackets (Damon SL II). The first archwire for all patients was a 0.014 inch nickel–titanium (NiTi) archwire with a force of approximately 100 g. Conventional brackets were ligated with elastomeric modules. A visual analogue scale (VAS) was used daily to assess the intensity of pain; the use of pain medication was also reported in a specially designed daybook for a total period of 3 months. Pearson's chi-square was used to investigate the difference between groups in the frequency of pain experience, its nature, and the use of analgesia. Non-parametric statistics (Mann–Whitney U-test) were computed to compare pain intensity between the groups. To investigate reported pain assessments, Friedman’s two-way analysis of variance was used and the differences were estimated using Wilcoxon's signed-rank test.
- Subjects
ORTHODONTICS; ORTHODONTIC appliances; BRACKETS; DENTAL materials; PAIN; ANALGESICS
- Publication
European Journal of Orthodontics, 2009, Vol 31, Issue 4, p380
- ISSN
0141-5387
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ejo/cjp003