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June 13, 2024BMC PsychologyOpen Access

Effect of aligners on patients’ oral health-related quality of life and anxiety: a prospective pilot study

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PRPanagiotis RouliasGVGeorgios VasoglouGAGerassimos Angelopoulos

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Overview

Prospective study reveals transient quality of life and anxiety impairments in patients using clear aligners, indicating that psychological impacts improve across treatment and retention.

Key Points

  • Oral health-related quality of life and anxiety worsen during the initial days of clear aligners, but these adverse effects significantly ameliorate across subsequent stages.
  • Among 23 patients with a median age of 25 years, state and trait anxiety peaked at initial placement before dropping significantly by one month and during retention.
  • Prospective study evaluations using generalized estimating equations and the Wald test tracked temporal response patterns, confirming that disruptions subside in the retention phase.

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Roulias et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e64e8bb6db6435875df160https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-01834-2
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