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. 2014 Aug 19;2014(8):CD005098. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005098.pub3

Miller 2009.

Trial name or title Study of the efficacy of skeletal anchorage (mini‐screw) compared to dental anchorage during orthodontic treatment
Methods
  • Trial design: single‐centre RCT (parallel group)

  • Location: Bretonneau Hospital, Paris, France

  • Recruitment period: not known

  • Funding source: Assistance Publique ‐ Hôpitaux de Paris, DENTOS

  • Source of participants: patients attending clinic

  • Study duration: 4 years, 4 months estimated total study duration

  • Time points at which follow‐up are reported: before and after space closure

Participants
  • 100 participants in total, males and females accepted, age range from 12‐50 years

  • Inclusion criteria:

  1. aged from 12 to 50 years old

  2. patient needs orthodontic treatment with extraction of 2 maxillary bicuspids

  3. patient has signed informed consent

  • Exclusion criteria:

  1. patient younger than 12 and older than 50 years old

  2. patient without social security affiliation

  3. patient with a medical condition that indicates against orthodontic treatment

Interventions
  • Comparison 1: Mini‐screw implant

  • Comparison 2: Dental anchorage

Outcomes
  • Amount of extraction space closure after 8 months of treatment

  • Angle classification of the canines

  • Parallelism of the dental axis on 3D CT scans

  • Treatment efficacy

  • Patient satisfaction

Starting date February 2009
Contact information Bretonneau Hospital, Paris, France, 75018
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