Madian, Ahmed M.
Elfouly, Dina
Funding for this research was provided by:
Alexandria University
Article History
Received: 12 July 2023
Accepted: 22 November 2023
First Online: 13 December 2023
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt (IRB:00010556–IORG:0008839) Manuscript Ethics Committee number (0418-03/2022). The trial was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov, with the name of the registry being “CEPHALOMETRIC CHANGES IN PHARYNGEAL AIRWAY DIMENSIONS AFTER FUNCTIONAL TREATMENT WITH TWIN BLOCK VERSUS MYOBRACE APPLIANCES IN DEVELOPING SKELETAL CLASS II PATIENTS: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL.” The trial registration number is NCT05610150 on 02/11/2022, and the URL is ExternalRef removed. Patient recruitment was done from the outpatient clinic, Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University. All patients were informed of the procedure and signed informed consents accordingly. All research procedures were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations, as stated in the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects/or their legal guardian(s) for the use of their records. Due to the nature of the intervention, it was not possible to blind the patients or the orthodontist. The researcher and the statistician who evaluated the data were blinded.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.