Comparative study of orthodontic pain due to the application of the invisalign and Damon Q self-locking brackets in adult female patients
LI Yan-zhao
TAN Jia-li
ZHENG Yu-ting
LI Su-mei
MO Jun-xiang
Abstract：Objective To compare the pain in adult female patients with the application of the invisalign and Damon Q self-locking brackets during initial orthodontic treatment.Methods Totally 81 orthodontic adult female patients were selected and randomly divided into 2 groups:44 patients in experimental group wore invisalign(R) aligners while 37 patients in control group wore Damon Q self-locking brackets appliances.VAS was used to evaluate the time of occurrence of pain and the degree of the pain at 2 h,4 h,8 h,24 h,2 d,3 d,4 d,5 d,6 d and 7 d after the orthodontic treatment.SF-MPQ was used to evaluate the nature of the pain and the incidence of ulcer.Results Totally 76 effective questionnaires had been collected,and no significant differences were demonstrated in the overall rates of occurrence or the degree of the pain in both groups within the observation period (P ＞ 0.05),but the nature of the pain was different.The incidence rate of ulcer in experimental group was lower than in control group.Conclusion Basically there is pain in the patients who wear invisalign and Damon Q self-locking brackets for the first time,but the nature of the pain and the occurrence of ulcer have significant difference.
Keywords：orthodontic treatmentpaininvisalignself-locking brackets
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 92-94 )