This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Figure 1.
Images of occlusal contacts (green) as displayed in ClinCheck® for the initial (A), predicted finish (B) and outcome as start of additional aligner order (C) stages of treatment.
Figure 2.
Images imported from ClinCheck® into ImageJ and occlusal contacts converted from green to greyscale in ImageJ (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA).
Figure 3.
Flow diagram showing case selection.
Figure 4.
Median number of total initial, predicted and achieved maxillary occlusal contacts per patient (n=34).
Median (IQR) number of initial, predicted and achieved mandibular occlusal contacts according to tooth type per patient (n = 34).
Tooth type
I
P
A
P vs A#
Molar
13 (9.75, 19.25)
15 (12.75, 18.25)
6.5 (2, 10.5)
P < 0.0001*
Premolars
7 (3.75, 10)
8 (6.75, 9.25)
3 (1, 5.25)
P < 0.0001*
Anterior
5 (2, 7)
2 (1, 5)
3 (1, 5)
P = 0.07
Total
24.5 (18.75, 33)
27 (19.75, 31.25)
15 (8, 18)
P < 0.0001*
Median (IQR) number of initial, predicted and achieved maxillary occlusal contacts according to tooth type per patient (n = 34).
