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Occlusal Contact Outcomes with Invisalign® Lite Treatment Cover

Occlusal Contact Outcomes with Invisalign® Lite Treatment

Open Access
|Jun 2023

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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.
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).
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.
Flow diagram showing case selection.

Figure 4.

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

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*

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*
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2023-0019 | Journal eISSN: 2207-7480 | Journal ISSN: 2207-7472
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 6
Submitted on: Feb 1, 2023
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Accepted on: Jun 1, 2023
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Published on: Jun 27, 2023
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 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.