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New 3D-Printed guide may speed up stuck tooth surgery
NCT ID NCT05909254
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a custom 3D-printed surgical guide helps dentists expose impacted canine teeth more quickly and accurately than the traditional free-hand method. Forty teenagers aged 11-18 with one or both upper canine teeth stuck in the palate will be randomly assigned to either the guided or conventional surgery. The main goals are to see if the guide makes the surgery shorter and if it still allows the tooth to be moved into its correct position.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- surgical guide (3D-printed template)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could make a common dental surgery faster and more predictable for teenagers with impacted canine teeth.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 40 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The guide also adds extra cost and planning time.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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11 to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients between the age of 11-18 of the Department of Community Dentistry, Semmelweis University, who need surgical exposure and orthodontic eruption of their palatally impacted canines on one or both sides during their orthodontic treatment are included in this study. Exclusion Criteria: * Uncontrolled systemic diseases that contraindicate orthodontic treatment or minor dental surgery, * Trauma in the patient's history in the vicinity of the surgical site. * Dental abnormalities (hyperdontia, hypodontia, etc.), * Congenital craniofacial disorders, * Permanent teeth extraction-based treatment, * Periodontal disease, * Cases in which the canine is to be brought into the position of the lateral incisor, * Agenesis of lateral incisors on the impaction side, * Documented learning disability, * Insufficient oral hygiene, and * Non-compliance during the combined orthodontic-surgical treatment. * Smoking
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Semmelweis University Department of Community Dentistry
Budapest, Budapest, 1088, Hungary
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