Characterizing orthodontic tooth movement in real time using dental monitoring scans: A pilot study.

Objectives: This pilot study aimed to quantify the magnitude and type of tooth movement occurring in short time intervals within the regular monthly orthodontic visits for patients with fixed appliances and undergoing maxillary canine retraction. Additionally, this pilot study aimed to provide a descriptive evaluation for the accuracy and reliability of the Dental Monitoring (DM)-captured scans to those of an iTero digital scans in an extraction space closure model.

Settings And Sample Population: 3D intraoral photographic scans (DM) for 12 patients with maxillary first premolar extractions in a single-centre academic institution.