Pain and Oral-Health-Related Quality of Life in Orthodontic Patients During Initial Therapy with Conventional, Low-Friction, and Lingual Brackets and Aligners (Invisalign): A Prospective Clinical Study

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Alberto Albaladejo¹  Javier Montero²  Laura Antonio-Zancajo³  Alfonso Alvarado-Lorenzo⁴  MariaDolores Oteo-Calatayud⁵ 

[1] DDS, Full Professor in Orthodontics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Avenida Alfonso X el Sabio s/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain;DDS, Full Professor in Prosthodontics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Avenida Alfonso X el Sabio s/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain;DDS, Professor in Orthodontic Posgraduate, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Avenida Alfonso X el Sabio s/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain;DDS, Professor in Orthodontics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Avenida Alfonso X el Sabio s/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain;DDS, Professor in Orthodontics, School of Dentistry University Complutense of Madrid, Plaza Ramón y Cajal, s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain;

关键词: orthodontics;    pain;    oral quality of life;    low-friction brackets;    lingual orthodontics;    Invisalign;   

DOI  :  10.3390/jcm9072088

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this study was to compare pain and its relationship with the oral quality of life of patients with different types of orthodontic appliances: conventional and conventional low-friction brackets, lingual brackets, and aligners. A prospective clinical study was carried out with a sample size of 120 patients (54 men, 66 women) divided into 4 groups of 30 patients each. The modified McGill questionnaire was used to measure pain at 4, 8, and 24 h and 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 days after the start of treatment, and the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) questionnaire was used to measure the oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in the first month of treatment. The maximum peak of pain was obtained between 24 and 48 h of treatment. It was found that patients in the lingual orthodontic group described lower levels of pain at all times analyzed, and their scores in the total OHIP-14 indicated less impact on their oral quality of life (1.3 ± 1.2, p < 0.01) compared with the other groups analyzed. There was little difference with the aligners group (Invisalign) (1.7 ± 1.9, p < 0.01). The technique used influences the pain and quality of life of patients at the start of orthodontic treatment.

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