Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), School of Dentistry, Department of Social and Preventive Dentistry (PRECOM) (Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil).
Federal Fluminense University (UFF), School of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics (Niterói/RJ, Brazil).
Dental Press J Orthod. 2024 Oct 7;29(5):e242474. doi: 10.1590/2177-6709.29.5.e242474.oar. eCollection 2024.
Social media enhanced access to information, making it easier to share dental treatments.
This study aimed to conduct a descriptive analysis of the clinical cases published on the Align® Global Gallery platform.
A retrospective cross-sectional study of 1,582 cases was conducted, data extracted referred to the following basic information: case number; patient's age; reported gender; Invisalign® package modality; treatment time; aligner exchange protocol; total number of aligners per arch; type of retainers, and inclusion of initial and final panoramic and cephalometric radiographs.
The majority were young (mean age 24.6 years, SD = 11.6), female patients (69.1%) with Class I malocclusion (39.4%) and crowding (77.9%). Comprehensive treatment was common (66.5%), with an average treatment time of 18 months (SD = 8.56; 95% CI = 17.6-18.5), with the most frequently reported aligner exchange protocol being 7 days (49.5%), with an average of 50.6 aligners in the upper arch (SD = 26.9; 95% CI = 49.2-51.9), and 48.7 in the lower arch (SD = 26.1; 95% CI = 47.4-50.0). Arch expansion (66.9%) and interproximal reduction (59.7%) were common approaches, while extractions were rare (4.3%). In most cases, initial lateral cephalometric (80.4%) and panoramic (93.3%) radiographs were presented. However, the final radiograph count dropped, with lateral cephalometric at 69.2%, and panoramic at 82.2% of cases.
Cases in the Align®Global Gallery mostly feature Class I patients with crowded teeth, treated with expansion and interproximal reduction. The absence of standardized information and post-treatment data restricts the applicability of these findings to broader Invisalign® treatment trends.
社交媒体增强了信息获取，使得分享牙科治疗变得更加容易。
本研究旨在对Align®全球画廊平台上发布的临床病例进行描述性分析。
对 1582 例病例进行回顾性横断面研究，提取的数据涉及以下基本信息：病例编号；患者年龄；报告的性别；Invisalign®套餐模式；治疗时间；矫治器更换方案；每弓的总矫治器数；保持器类型，以及初始和最终全景和头颅侧位片的纳入。
大多数患者为年轻人（平均年龄 24.6 岁，标准差 11.6），女性患者占 69.1%，存在安氏 I 类错颌（39.4%）和拥挤（77.9%）。综合治疗较为常见（66.5%），平均治疗时间为 18 个月（标准差 8.56；95%置信区间为 17.6-18.5），报告最频繁的矫治器更换方案为 7 天（49.5%），上颌平均有 50.6 个矫治器（标准差 26.9；95%置信区间为 49.2-51.9），下颌平均有 48.7 个矫治器（标准差 26.1；95%置信区间为 47.4-50.0）。扩弓（66.9%）和邻面去釉（59.7%）是常见的方法，而拔牙则很少见（4.3%）。在大多数情况下，均提供了初始侧位头颅（80.4%）和全景（93.3%）片。然而，最终的射线片数量有所减少，侧位头颅片为 69.2%，全景片为 82.2%。
Align®全球画廊中的病例主要为安氏 I 类拥挤牙患者，采用扩弓和邻面去釉治疗。缺乏标准化的信息和治疗后数据限制了这些发现对更广泛的 Invisalign®治疗趋势的适用性。
