Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Miss Megan Hatfield
ORCID ID
Contact details
Orthodontic Department
St Luke's Hospital
Little Horton Lane
Bradford
BD5 0NA
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1274 365225
hatfieldmegan@hotmail.com
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0050182678
Study information
Scientific title
How should patients be supervised during orthodontic retention? A randomised controlled trial
Acronym
Study hypothesis
1. Can the orthodontic retention period be supervised by telephone rather than clinic visit?
2. Does this have an effect on the outcome of the first 12 months of retention?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Oral Health: Orthodontics
Intervention
Patients will receive two sets of Essix retainers. They will be randomly allocated to one of two groups:
1. One group will visit the department every 3 months for review by the clinician.
2. The other group will instead receive a phone call from a dental nurse every 3 months to check on progress.
All patients will visit the department at the end of 12 months retention for record collection and questionnaire.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Analysis of irregularity of the teeth from study casts using Little's index
2. Cost analysis of staff time
3. Patient questionnaire
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
10/10/2003
Overall trial end date
30/09/2005
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients completing active orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances and entering the retention phase
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
10/10/2003
Recruitment end date
30/09/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
St Luke's Hospital
Bradford
BD5 0NA
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list