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Quantitative assessment of interproximal tooth reduction performed as part of Invisalign® treatment in 10 orthodontic practices Cover

Quantitative assessment of interproximal tooth reduction performed as part of Invisalign® treatment in 10 orthodontic practices

Open Access
|Oct 2021

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Figure 1.

Tooth measurements supplied for the same case showing variations between different versions of ClinCheck. Left is using Old CC Pro, right is New CC Pro.
Tooth measurements supplied for the same case showing variations between different versions of ClinCheck. Left is using Old CC Pro, right is New CC Pro.

Figure 2.

Bland-Altman charts showing levels of agreement between New CC Pro, callipers, and 3D OP.
Bland-Altman charts showing levels of agreement between New CC Pro, callipers, and 3D OP.

Figure 3.

Showing pre- and post-IPR measurements from ClinCheck.
Showing pre- and post-IPR measurements from ClinCheck.

Figure 4.

Summary chart showing mean planned and achieved tooth width changes for all teeth (n = 2,474) from all 10 orthodontists combined.
Summary chart showing mean planned and achieved tooth width changes for all teeth (n = 2,474) from all 10 orthodontists combined.

Figure 5.

Showing planned and achieved tooth width changes across all groups.
Showing planned and achieved tooth width changes across all groups.

Figure 6.

Sub-groups by orthodontist and all combined.
Sub-groups by orthodontist and all combined.

Correlation matrix (n = 120) comparing both ClinCheck versions with ‘gold standard’ measurements_

Correlations
Old CC ProNew CC Pro3D OPCallipers
Old CC Pro
  Pearson Correlation10.991**0.988**0.988**
  Sig. (2-tailed) 0.0000.0000.000
  N120120120120
New CC Pro
  Pearson Correlation0.991**10.997**0.998**
  Sig. (2-tailed)0.000 0.0000.000
  N120120120120
3d OP
  Pearson correlation0.988**0.997**10.999**
  Sig. (2-tailed)0.0000.000 0.000
  N120120120120
Callipers
  Pearson correlation0.988**0.998**0.999**1
  Sig. (2-tailed)0.0000.0000.000
  N120120120120

Reliability correlation matrix (n = 40) for comparison of Geomagic with other methods_

MethodGeomagic 1Geomagic 23D OP measureCallipersOld CC ProNew CC Pro
Geomagic 11.0000.9860.9890.9860.9710.988
Geomagic 20.9861.0000.9940.9950.9890.997
3D OP measure0.9890.9941.0000.9970.9880.996
Callipers0.9860.9950.9971.0000.9860.997
Old CC Pro0.9710.9890.9880.9861.0000.991
New CC Pro0.9880.9970.9960.9970.9911.000

Mean planned and achieved IPR (in mm) by group_

Group n Planned IPR Mean (SD)Achieved IPR Mean (SD)Mean shortfallMean % achieved
All teeth2,4740.29 (0.13)0.13 (0.16)0.1643.99
Maxillary9210.28 (0.13)0.12 (0.17)0.1642.74
Mandibular1,5530.30 (0.13)0.13 (0.16)0.1644.68
Anterior18080.30 (0.13)0.12 (0.16)0.1841.19
Posterior6660.27 (0.14)0.14 (0.17)0.1352.54
Mx anterior6770.28 (0.13)0.10 (0.16)0.1837.13
Mx posterior2440.27 (0.13)0.16 (0.17)0.1158.82
Md anterior1,1310.31 (0.12)0.13 (0.16)0.1843.37
Md posterior4220.26 (0.15)0.13 (0.17)0.1348.80

Teeth in pilot study of 40 cases for which no IPR was done, to show variation of New CC Pro measurements from T1 to T2_

Descriptive statistics
N MinimumMaximumMeanStd. deviation
Planned difference5090.051.000.29000.14318
Actual difference509‒0.781.180.13030.17169
Valid N (listwise)509

Planned and achieved tooth width differences in pilot study of 40 cases_

Descriptive statistics
N MinimumMaximumMeanStd. deviation
Planned difference4220.000.000.00000.00000
Achieved difference422‒0.780.720.00720.13918
Valid N (listwise)422

Planned and achieved tooth width changes for all teeth (n = 2,474) from all 10 orthodontists combined_

Paired samples test
Paired differences
95% confidence interval of the difference
MeanStd. deviationStd. error meanLowerUpper t dfSig. (2-tailed)
Pair 1
  Planned difference‒actual difference0.162200.161010.003240.155850.1685550.1082,4730.000

Linear regression of planned difference and shortfall in achieved difference_

Unstandardised coefficientsStandardised coefficients 95.0% confidence interval for B
Model B Std. errorBeta t Sig.Lower boundUpper bound
1
  (Constant)0.0190.007 2.6980.0070.0050.034
  Planned difference0.4930.0230.40021.6890.0000.4480.537
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/aoj-2021.019 | Journal eISSN: 2207-7480 | Journal ISSN: 2207-7472
Language: English
Page range: 176 - 186
Published on: Oct 21, 2021
Published by: Australian Society of Orthodontists Inc.
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2021 Tony Weir, Arun Shailendran, Brett Kerr, Elissa Freer, published by Australian Society of Orthodontists Inc.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.