Influence of daily usage times on patients' compliance during at-home bleaching: a randomized clinical trial.

Unlabelled: The effectiveness of at-home dental bleaching treatments depends on the time that bleaching products are in contact with the teeth surface and, consequently, on the adequate use of associated custom acetate trays.

Objective: This randomized single-blinded trial aimed to analyze if the daily usage time of these products influences the patient's compliance behavior when submitted to monitored at-home dental bleaching. Secondary outcomes were color change and tooth sensitivity.

Esthetic recovery of teeth presenting fluorotic enamel stains using enamel microabrasion and home-monitored dental bleaching.

This clinical report describes the enamel microabrasion technique for removing maxillary and mandibular hard fluorotic enamel stains followed by home-monitored home dental bleaching. The removal of fluorotic enamel stains utilized macroabrasion with a water-cooled, fine-tapered 3195 FF diamond bur followed microabrasion with the application of Prema Compound (Premier Dental Products Co, Norristown, PA, USA). Home-monitored dental bleaching was performed 14 days after enamel microabrasion using a 10% carbamide peroxide gel for 2 h/day.

Dental bleaching on teeth submitted to enamel microabrasion 30 years ago-a case report of patients' compliance during bleaching treatment.

Objectives: The present dental bleaching case report describes a new method that precisely quantifies the daily wearing-times of the bleaching product by inserting a microsensor in the acetate custom tray. The bleaching efficacy was also discussed since the patient was previously submitted to enamel microabrasion.

Methods: The patient was submitted to enamel microabrasion in 1987, and bleaching treatment was performed in 2005.

[The Use of a Microsensor in Therapy of Amblyopia].

Amblyopia is one of the most common visual disorders in children. Current therapy of amblyopia is an occlusion therapy of the stronger eye with an occlusion patch until the best corrected visual acuity is achieved. The success of occlusion therapy essentially depends on the compliance of the children and their parents.

Quantification of wear-time adherence of removable appliances in young orthodontic patients in relation to their BMI: a preliminary study.

Purpose: The relationship between unhealthy body mass index (BMI) and adherence to orthodontic treatment with removable appliances has not previously been evaluated.

Objective: The aim of this study was to quantify the association between BMI and wear time of removable orthodontic appliances and to evaluate BMI changes during orthodontic treatment.

Patients And Methods: Fifty-three normal-weight and 39 overweight/obese children and adolescents (7-15 years old) undergoing orthodontic treatment with removable appliances were enrolled into the study.

Microelectronic wear-time documentation of removable orthodontic devices detects heterogeneous wear behavior and individualizes treatment planning.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate whether microelectronic wear-time documentation can contribute to individualized orthodontic management.

Methods: The wear times and behaviors of 281 patients undergoing orthodontic treatment with removable appliances were quantified and analyzed using the TheraMon microelectronic system (Sales Agency Gschladt, Hargelsberg, Austria) over a 6-month treatment period.

Results: The 281 study participants wore their removable appliances for a median of 9.

Quantifying patient adherence during active orthodontic treatment with removable appliances using microelectronic wear-time documentation.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to quantify the wear times of removable appliances during active orthodontic treatment.

Materials And Methods: The wear times of 141 orthodontic patients treated with active removable appliances in different locations were documented over a period of 3 months using an incorporated microsensor. Gender, age, treatment location, health insurance status, and type of device were evaluated with respect to wear time.

Quantification of patient compliance with Hawley retainers and removable functional appliances during the retention phase.

Introduction: The success of retention with removable retainers is highly dependent on efficient patient compliance. The aim of this study was to quantify patient compliance with removable retainers using microelectronic wear-time documentation during the retention phase.

Methods: One hundred patients, between 13 and 20 years of age, were retained with removable Hawley retainers and functional appliance retainers after successful multibracket treatment at the University Hospital of Tübingen, Germany, and in 4 private practices in Germany.

Comparison of estimated and actual changes in gap widths of expansion screws in plate appliances with 7- and 14-day activation.

Objective: To determine how gap opening is affected by the activation intervals of expansion screws in removable orthodontic appliances and which gap widths are achievable during therapy.

Materials And Methods: In this retrospective study, the increases in gap widths for transverse and distalizing screws activated at 7- and 14-day intervals were calculated. These estimates were based on measurements taken with a caliper of the gap widths of 242 screws integrated in the plates of 137 patients examined during 4-5 follow-up visits over a 6- to 7-month therapy period.

Spontaneous re-eruption of a permanent maxillary central incisor after 15 years of ankylosis--a case report.

Intrusion injuries are considered among the most severe forms of dental trauma, potentially leading to ankylosis as a late consequence. In 1991, a 7-year-old boy suffered a traumatic intrusion leading to an infraposition of tooth 21 along with its immobility. Based on the clinical findings, including bright-sounding percussion testing, disappearance of the periodontal space and a failed attempt at orthodontic movement, a diagnosis of ankylosis was made.

Wearing times of orthodontic devices as measured by the TheraMon® microsensor.

Background: The objective measurement of wearing times, a task attempted for decades without success, is examined for the first time in a clinical study using the newly-developed TheraMon® system.

Materials And Methods: A prototype of the new TheraMon® sensor was embedded in the acrylic of various removable orthodontic devices worn by a group of 20 patients and assessed over a 5-month treatment period.

Results: Daily wearing times (hours) were recorded every day throughout the treatment period by means of a wearing-time graph printed out from a computer by the TheraMon® system.

Color fading of the blue compliance indicator encapsulated in removable clear Invisalign Teen® aligners.

Objective: To evaluate the color fading in aqueous solutions of the blue dot wear-compliance indicators of the Invisalign Teen® System outside the oral cavity.

Materials And Methods: The compliance indicators in the Invisalign Teen aligners were tested for color resistance in various aqueous models with no saliva involved.

Results: Color fading was observed as a function of time, pH, and temperature while compliance indicators were stored in drinking water or sour soft drinks and in conjunction with the use of cleaning tablets and a dishwasher.

Applicative characteristics of new microelectronic sensors Smart Retainer® and TheraMon® for measuring wear time.

Objective: To ascertain the extent to which the new microelectronic sensors Smart Retainer® and TheraMon® are suitable for measuring wear times in orthodontic treatment.

Materials And Methods: The Smart Retainer® wear-time sensor and a prototype of the TheraMon® microsensor were each polymerized into upper plates. The orthodontic appliances were exposed to periodically altered temperatures in a thermostatic water bath.

Young patients' attitudes toward removable appliance wear times, wear-time instructions and electronic wear-time measurements--results of a questionnaire study.

Objective: To determine the attitude of young patients to removable appliance wear times, wear-time instructions and electronic wear-time measurement.

Patients And Methods: 140 patients (mean age 11.97 years) undergoing orthodontic treatment with removable appliances expressed their wishes about wear times and wear-time instructions in a questionnaire.