Comparison of movement rate with different initial moment-to-force ratios
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Abstract
Introduction: The objective of this clinical prospective study was to evaluate the effect of the two treatment strategies, translation or controlled tipping followed by root correction, on canine retraction efficiency, specifically canine movement rate.
Methods: Twenty-one patients who needed bilateral maxillary canine retraction to close extraction space as part of their treatment plan were selected for this study. Segmental T-loops designed for controlled tipping or for translation were applied randomly to each side. Two digital maxillary dental casts (taken pre- and post-treatment) were used to measure the tooth displacements of each patient. The coordinate system located at the center of canine crown on the pre-treatment model with the three axes defined in the mesial-distal (M-D), buccal-lingual (B-L), and occlusal-gingival (O-G) directions was used to express the six tooth displacement components. The movement rates on the occlusal plane and in the M-D direction were computed. Movement rates were calculated by dividing the M-D displacements or the resultant displacement on the occlusal plane with the corresponding treatment time.
Results: T-loops for controlled tipping moved canines faster (33.3% on occlusal plane and 38.5% in the M-D direction) than T-loops for translation. The differences are statistically significant (p = 0.041 on the occlusal plane and 0.020 in the M-D direction).
Conclusion:
- Moment-to-force ratio (M/F) impacts on the canine movement rate in a maxillary canine retraction treatment with segmented T-loop mechanism. 2. Within the neighborhood of the ratio for translation, lower M/F moves canine faster than higher M/F both on occlusal plane and in the M-D direction.