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Orthodontics and New Technologies: 2nd Edition

A special issue of Dentistry Journal (ISSN 2304-6767).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 501

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Luca Levrini

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Department of Human Sciences, Innovation and Territory, School of Dental Hygiene, Postgraduate School of Orthodontics, University of Insubria, 22100 Como, Italy
Interests: oral health prevention; orthodontics;dentistry
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Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, orthodontics is rapidly changing, and more and more patients ask for a consultation to improve their smile and aesthetics. Such an increase is paired with an incredible technological evolution that makes the orthodontic treatments really close to the needs of the patients. There are numerous new technologies in the orthodontic field:

  • Clear aligners;
  • Intra oral scanners;
  • Digital planning of the treatment;
  • Orthodontic accelerators;
  • Telemedicine;
  • New innovative materials.

The synergy between orthodontics and new technologies meets the desires of the patients, but also helps clinicians to share and improve their knowledge and clinical satisfaction in order to deliver the best outcome.

This Special Issue aims to investigate the current available state of the art in orthodontics and new dental technologies, both from researchers and clinicians’ points of view.

Prof. Dr. Luca Levrini
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • 3D printing
  • application/apps
  • clear aligner appliances
  • dental materials
  • digital dentistry
  • digital healthacare
  • intra oral scanner
  • new materials
  • orthodontic treatment
  • telemedicine
  • tooth movement techniques

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Assessment of Food Masticatory Capability with Clear Aligners
by Luca Levrini, Nicola Giannotta, Rodolfo Francesco Mastrapasqua, Davide Farronato, Vittorio Maurino, Alessandro Deppieri, Federico Tasquier and Stefano Saran
Dent. J. 2024, 12(7), 217; https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12070217 - 15 Jul 2024
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Nowadays, aligners represent a possible therapeutical approach that combines both esthetic and function in order to address dental malocclusion. However, they require a significant level of compliance from the patient. According to the manufacturer, at least 22 h of wearing a day is [...] Read more.
Nowadays, aligners represent a possible therapeutical approach that combines both esthetic and function in order to address dental malocclusion. However, they require a significant level of compliance from the patient. According to the manufacturer, at least 22 h of wearing a day is demanded to reach the optimal therapeutical level; hence, aligners can only be removed during meals. Patients’ compliance might increase and the duration of the treatment might decrease if they were allowed to eat with aligners on. The idea of patients keeping the aligners on during meals has been contemplated, not only to favor patients’ compliance but also treatment effectiveness. This study aims to assess the degree of chewing difficulty that aligners cause when eating certain kinds of food and the quantity of residue left. Material and Methods: A questionnaire titled “Questionnaire for the Assessment of Masticatory Function with Aligners” was administered using Google Forms to 240 patients in treatment with clear aligners. The survey was validated through the reliability test using the test–retest method. This method had a higher correlation coefficient of 0.9 across all items (with a cutoff of 0.8) with statistical significance, and an excellent internal correlation coefficient (α > 0.9). The statistical analysis performed consisted of descriptive analysis, frequencies, percentages, Pearson’s correlation test and Friedman’s test. Results: Pearson’s test showed a statistically significant correlation between all items except between meat or clams and yogurt or ice cream and with mozzarella or soft cheese regarding food chewing difficulties. Pearson’s test showed a statistically significant correlation between all items regarding food residues. A total of 69.2% of the cohort reported some movements of aligners during mastication. In total, 88.3% of them affirmed not to have perceived deformations or breakage of aligners during chewing. Furthermore, 79.2% of them declared that they would continue to eat if eating with aligners was proven to speed up treatment. Conclusions: Wearing clear aligners while chewing foods such as yogurt, ice cream, soft cheese, bread, rice, etc., can be possible and can help shorten the duration of orthodontic treatment, benefiting both the patient and the orthodontist. However, further research using qualitative methods is needed to understand the barriers and facilitators to chewing food with aligners. Full article
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