Efficacy of Injectable Vitamin C on Accelerating Canine Movement: A Clinical Study

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

efficacy of the injectable vitamin C to reduce the time of canine traction

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University
• Treatments: Ascorbic Acid; Vitamins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• medically free

• patient with good to fair oral hygiene (gingivitis may be included)

• both sexes were included

• unilateral palatally positioned permenant canines

• absence of previous orthodontic treatment

• absence of supernumerary teeth, odontoms, cysts, traumatic injuries

• the α angle within grade II to III

Exclusion Criteria:

• systemic diseases especially diabetes and bone diseases

• pregnant and lactating mothers

• Local causes (smoking, mouth breathing, local trauma and periodontitis).