A randomized clinical trial comparing the accuracy of direct versus indirect bracket placement

TM Hodge, Ashish Dhopatkar, William Rock, D Spary

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the accuracy of direct or indirect bracket placement. DESIGN: A prospective, randomized comparison of 2 different methods of bracket placement. SETTING: Queens Hospital, Burton upon Trent, UK between February and May 2001.Materials and method: Twenty-six consecutive patients requiring upper and lower MBT trade mark pre-adjusted Edgewise appliances had their labial segments bonded directly or indirectly according to a split mouth system of allocation. Before and after bond-up all brackets were photographed and measured from tracings to determine positional differences from the ideal. RESULTS: Using ANOVA (General Linear Model), vertical errors were found to be greater than those in the horizontal plane, which in turn were greater than angular errors (p
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)132-7
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Orthodontics
Volume31
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2004

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