{"title":"A Study of the Quality of Finish of Lingual versus Labial Bracket Systems As Measured\u0000By the Objective Grading System: A Retrospective Study in a University Orthodontic\u0000Clinic","authors":"","doi":"10.33140/jodh.03.02.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33140/jodh.03.02.11","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: The purposes of this study were to determine the quality of final orthodontic treatment outcome and average treatment\u0000time with fixed lingual brackets compared to labial brackets. Our hypothesis was that labial fixed appliances produce a higher quality\u0000of final treatment outcome, and a shorter average treatment time compared to lingual fixed appliances.\u0000Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective study of matched pairs. Records of twenty subjects treated with lingual appliances\u0000were included. These were paired with twenty patient records of subjects in fixed labial appliances with matching initial discrepancy\u0000index (DI) (±5 points), Angle classification (within one-half step), number of extracted teeth, and age. Final models were scored\u0000using the eight criteria of the American Board of Orthodontics’ Objective Grading System (OGS) and treatment time was recorded\u0000in number of days.\u0000Results: The mean difference in OGS scores between groups was 2.00 ± 8.89 points with a mean OGS score of the labial and lingual\u0000fixed appliance groups of 21.6 ± 7.45 and 19.6 ± 6.43, respectively. This difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.33). Lingual\u0000subjects’ treatment time was an average of 4.25 ± 213.78 days less compared to their matched labial subjects. This difference was\u0000not significant (p = 0.93). A statistically significant difference was found in the buccolingual inclination subcategory of the OGS. The\u0000mean difference in the buccolingual inclination score of lingual subjects was 1.90 ± 3.52 points higher than labial subjects (p = 0.03).\u0000Conclusion: Lingual fixed appliance subjects had no significant difference in treatment time and / or treatment outcome as measured\u0000by OGS when paired with labial fixed appliance subjects, however, they did have significantly higher buccolingual inclination\u0000discrepancies.","PeriodicalId":15598,"journal":{"name":"Journal of dental health, oral disorders & therapy","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83360486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}