Title

Oral health-related quality of life among adults undergoing orthodontic procedure with ceramic braces versus aligners

Authors

Nidhi Singh¹, Shaivi Sharma^2,*, Shruti R Varshney³, Deepankar Bhatnagar⁴, Geetika Tomer⁴, Prachi Sethy⁵, Pallavi Mishra⁶ & Aseem Sharma⁷

Affiliation

¹Department of Dentistry, Government Medical College, Pali, Rajasthan, India; ²Department of Dentistry, Amaltas Medical College, Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, India; ³Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthodpedics, KD Dental College, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India; ⁴Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, MM College of Dental Sciences and Research, MMU, Ambala, Haryana, India; ⁵Intern, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Deemed to be University, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; ⁶Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Deemed to be University, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; ⁷Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, HIDS Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India;*Corresponding author

Email

Nidhi Singh - E - mail: drnidhi.singh942@gmail.com
Shaivi Sharma - E - mail: drshaivisharma@gmail.com
Shruti R Varshney - E - mail: shrutiraj9987@gmail.com
Deepankar Bhatnagar - E - mail: deepankarbhatnagar101@gmail.com
Geetika Tomer - E - mail: geetika_fds@sgtuniversity.org
Prachi Sethy - E - mail: sethyparchi10@gmail.com
Pallavi Mishra - E - mail: drpallavimishra1988@gmail.com
Aseem Sharma - E - mail: aseemsharma52@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received May 1, 2025; Revised May 31, 2025; Accepted May 31, 2025, Published May 31, 2025

Abstract

The oral health-related quality of life in adults undergoing orthodontic treatment with ceramic braces versus aligners is of interest. A total of 200 adult patients were recruited, with 100 patients each undergoing treatment with ceramic braces or aligners. Both ceramic braces and aligners positively affect OHRQoL. However, aligners generally provide a more comfortable and aesthetically pleasing experience for adult patients.

Keywords

Adult orthodontic treatment, aligners, ceramic braces, malocclusion, oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL), orthodontics

Citation

Singh et al. Bioinformation 21(5): 1128-1134 (2025)

Edited by

P Babaji

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.