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Occlusal Contact Outcomes with Invisalign® Lite Treatment Cover

Occlusal Contact Outcomes with Invisalign® Lite Treatment

Australasian Orthodontic Journal
Volume 39 (2023): Issue 2 (July 2023)
By: ,   and    
Open Access
|Jun 2023
Figures & tables

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Images of occlusal contacts (green) as displayed in ClinCheck® for the initial (A), predicted finish (B) and outcome as start of additional aligner order (C) stages of treatment.

Figure 2.

Images imported from ClinCheck® into ImageJ and occlusal contacts converted from green to greyscale in ImageJ (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA).

Figure 3.

Flow diagram showing case selection.

Table I.

Median (IQR) number of initial, predicted and achieved maxillary occlusal contacts according to tooth type per patient (n = 34).

Tooth typeIPAP vs A#
Molars13 (8, 20)14.5 (11, 17.5)5.5 (2, 11.25)P < 0.0001*
Premolars6.5 (4, 9.25)7.5 (6, 10)2.5 (1, 6)P < 0.0001*
Anterior5.5 (2, 7.25)3 (1, 5)3.5 (1, 6)P = 0.7
Total26 (16, 35.5)27 (19.75, 30)14.5 (7.75, 180)P < 0.0001*

1# Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

1* Statistically significant.

1 A, achieved; I, initial; IQR, interquartile range; n, number; P, predicted.

Table II.

Median (IQR) number of initial, predicted and achieved mandibular occlusal contacts according to tooth type per patient (n = 34).

Tooth typeIPAP vs A#
Molar13 (9.75, 19.25)15 (12.75, 18.25)6.5 (2, 10.5)P < 0.0001*
Premolars7 (3.75, 10)8 (6.75, 9.25)3 (1, 5.25)P < 0.0001*
Anterior5 (2, 7)2 (1, 5)3 (1, 5)P = 0.07
Total24.5 (18.75, 33)27 (19.75, 31.25)15 (8, 18)P < 0.0001*

1# Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

1* Statistically significant.

1 A, achieved; I, initial; IQR, interquartile range; n, number; P, predicted.

Figure 4.

Median number of total initial, predicted and achieved maxillary occlusal contacts per patient (n=34).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2023-0019 | Journal eISSN: 2207-7480 | Journal ISSN: 2207-7472
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Language: English
Page range: 1 - 6
Submitted on: Feb 1, 2023
Accepted on: Jun 1, 2023
Published on: Jun 27, 2023
Published by: Australian Society of Orthodontists Inc.
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Basic medical science,
Basic medical science, other

© 2023 Markus Luke Seifert, Tony Weir, Maurice J. Meade, published by Australian Society of Orthodontists Inc.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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