• 구강회복응용과학지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.223-230
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• 2014

목적: 하악 절치 발치 치료를 받은 환자들의 치료로 인한 향상과 유지기간 후의 안정성을 평가하는 것이다. 연구 재료 및 방법: 하악 절치를 발치한 환자 총 20명을 대상으로 치료 전, 치료 직후, 2년의 유지기간 후의 모형 및 파노라마 방사선 사진을 분석하였다. Irregularity index, overjet, overbite, 치아 크기와 악궁 길이의 차이, 견치간 폭경, 제1 대구치간 폭경 및 미국교정학회에서 제시한 방법(ABO-CRE)을 평가하였다. 통계분석은 Wilcoxon signed-rank test를 이용하였다. 결과: 치료 전후 irregularity index가 유의하게 감소되었고(P = 0.000), 치아 크기와 악궁 길이의 차이는 유의하게 증가 하였다(P = 0.028). 유지기간 동안에 irregularity index는 유의하게 악화 되었다(P = 0.001). ABO-CRE 전체값의 변화는 치료 전후에 유의한 감소를 보이고(P = 0.000), 유지 전후에는 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다(P = 0.053). 결론: 모형과 파노라마 방사선 사진을 이용하여 치료의 안정성 평가 결과, 하악 절치 발치 치료는 2년간의 유지기간 동안 치료 결과가 안정적으로 유지되었다고 할 수 있다.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.397-406
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• 2021

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of self-ligating brackets (SBs) and other factors that influence orthodontic treatment outcomes. Methods: This two-armed cohort study included consecutively treated patients in a private practice. The patients were asked to choose between SBs and conventional brackets (CBs); if any patient did not have a preference, he or she was randomly allocated to the CB or SB group. All patients were treated using an identical archwire sequence. Evaluated parameters were as follows: treatment duration, number of bracket failures, poor oral hygiene, poor elastic wear, extraction, use of orthodontic mini-implants (OMI), OMI failure, American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) Discrepancy Index (DI), arch length discrepancy, and ABO Cast-Radiograph Evaluation (CRE) score. Stepwise regression analysis was performed to generate the equation for prediction of the CRE. Results: The final sample comprised 134 patients with an average age of 22.73 years. The average DI, CRE, and treatment duration were 21.81, 14.25, and 28.63 months, respectively. Analysis of covariance showed a significant difference in CRE between the CB and SB groups after adjusting for the effects of confounding variables. Stepwise regression analysis using four variables, namely extraction, SB use, poor elastic wear, and additional appliance use, could explain only 25.2% of the variance in the CRE. Conclusions: Although the CRE was significantly better for CBs than for SBs, the clinical significance of this result seems to be limited. Extraction, SB use, poor elastic wear, and additional appliance use may have significant effects on treatment outcomes.