Orthodontic Treatment Stability Predictors: A Retrospective Longitudinal Study

Overview

Journal Angle Orthod

Specialty Dentistry

Date 2016 Sep 7

PMID 27598905

Citations 15

Authors

Paloma Gonzalez-Gil de Bernabe

Jose Maria Montiel-Company

Vanessa Paredes-Gallardo

Jose Luis Gandia-Franco

Carlos Bellot-Arcis

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Abstract

Objective: To examine medium- to long-term orthodontic treatment stability and its possible association with certain variables.

Materials And Methods: In a retrospective longitudinal study of 70 postretention patients, the Peer Assessment Rating (PAR) index was measured at the start (T1) and end (T2) of treatment and between 4 and 10 years afterwards (T3). The stability was considered absolute when the T2 and T3 values were identical and relative when the difference was within the ±5 range.

Results: Among the 70 patients, 65.8% were female and 34.2% were male. Their mean age was 14.5 years. The mean treatment length was 2.4 years. The mean retention phase was 3.3 years. The mean pre- and posttreatment PAR scores were 29.8 (T1) and 6.3 (T2). The mean T1-T2 difference was 23.6. The mean T2-T3 difference was -0.39.

Conclusions: Within the study, 7.1% presented absolute stability and 68.6% presented relative stability. Lower anterior segment alignment and overbite were the most unstable occlusal features and tended to worsen. Fixed retainer (odds ratio [OR] 0.31; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.10-0.98) as a protective factor and years without retention (OR 1.32; 95% CI 1.03-1.68) as a risk factor are predictor variables of instability in the case of lower anterior segment alignment. The PAR value at the end of treatment (OR 1.29; 95% CI 1.08-1.54) and extractions (OR 4.76; 95% CI 1.05-21.6) before treatment are predictors for midline instability.

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