Disentangling the effects of CAD/CAM customized appliances and piezocision in orthodontic treatment: New evidence

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Article
Author(s): 
Carole Charavet; Dorien Van Hede, Nathalie Maes, Adelin Albert and France Lambert
Citation: 
Charavet, C. et al. Disentangling the effects of CAD/CAM customized appliances and piezocision in orthodontic treatment: New evidence. Angle Orthodontist, Vol 91, No 6, 2021.
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Objectives: To discern the effects of computer-aided design (CAD)/computer-aided manufactured (CAM) customized appliances and piezocision on orthodontic treatment (OT).
Materials and Methods: The study combined findings from two previously published randomized controlled trials: (1) standard OT vs piezocision-assisted standard OT, and (2) CAD/CAM OT vs piezocision-assisted CAD/CAM OT. Piezocision is a minimally invasive corticotomy surgical procedure used to accelerate orthodontic treatment and CAD/CAM refers to CAD/CAM customized brackets and archwires. The outcomes were the overall treatment time, and the durations of the alignment phase and fine-tuning phase. Clinical and radiological features also were evaluated.
Results: The combined study included 48 patients with similar baseline characteristics. Compared to the standard treatment, CAD/CAM technology alone significantly decreased the overall median OT time from 543 to 394 days (P , .001) and from 543 to 254 days (P , .0001) when combined with piezocision. Although piezocision significantly reduced the duration of the alignment phase in the mandible and maxilla, CAD/CAM technology considerably shortened the fine-tuning phase. All periodontal and radiographic parameters remained stable from the start to the end of treatment in all groups.
Conclusions: CAD/CAM technology combined with piezocision accelerates the entire OT process, during the alignment phase for piezocision and during the fine-tuning phase for CAD/CAM, with a global reduction of the overall treatment time of more than 50%. (Angle Orthod. 2021;91:764–771.)

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2021
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