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A COMPARISON OF TREATMENT TIME AND NUMBER OF APPOINTMENTS IN ACTIVE SELF-LIGATING BRACKETS AND CONVENTONALLY LIGATED TWIN EDGEWISE BRACKETS
by
Lisa Miyuki Kai
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF SCIENCE
(CRANIOFACIAL BIOLOGY)
May 2010
Copyright 2010 Lisa Miyuki Kai
Object Description
| Title | A comparison of treatment time and number of appointments in active self-ligating brackets and conventionally ligated twin edgewise brackets |
| Author | Kai, Lisa Miyuki |
| Author email | lisakai@gmail.com; lmkai@hotmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Science |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Cranio-Facial Biology |
| School | School of Dentistry |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-03-18 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-04-12 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Sameshima, Glenn |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Paine, Michael Moon, Holly |
| Abstract | The use of self-ligating brackets has become widespread in orthodontics, and manufacturers claim that they are more efficient. There are two main types of self-ligating brackets -- active and passive. Most of the previous studies on self-ligating bracket efficiency have involved passive self-ligating brackets, and the few available studies involving active self-ligating brackets include multiple confounding variables. In the current retrospective study, treatment time and number of appointments were compared between an active self-ligating appliance (In-Ovation® R ®; GAC International, Bohemia, NY) and a conventionally ligated appliance (American Orthodontics, Sheboygan, WI) in the non-extraction orthodontic treatment of Caucasian females (ages 11-24 yr). Patients included were treated in a private orthodontic practice with one provider. Treatment times were calculated using the patients' banding date and debanding date, and the number of appointments (including emergency appointments) was counted. As indicated by independent sample t-tests, there was no significant difference (p=0.18) in treatment time between the In-Ovation® R (25.19 months) and conventional (24.14) groups. However, In-Ovation® R cases required significantly (p<0.001) fewer appointments compared to the conventionally ligated cases (17.52 and 26.48, respectively). In this study, it is concluded that In-Ovation® R active self-ligating brackets require fewer appointments to complete orthodontic treatment, but do not shorten overall treatment time. |
| Keyword | self-ligating brackets; active self-ligating brackets; conventional brackets; treatment time; number of appointments; efficiency |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2907 |
| Rights | Kai, Lisa Miyuki |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Kai-3605 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume48/etd-Kai-3605.pdf |
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| Full text | A COMPARISON OF TREATMENT TIME AND NUMBER OF APPOINTMENTS IN ACTIVE SELF-LIGATING BRACKETS AND CONVENTONALLY LIGATED TWIN EDGEWISE BRACKETS by Lisa Miyuki Kai A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF SCIENCE (CRANIOFACIAL BIOLOGY) May 2010 Copyright 2010 Lisa Miyuki Kai |
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