''Comparative Evaluation of Change in Bite Force and Levels of Bone Turnover Markers CTX and BALP in Hyperdivergent and Hypodivergent Cases During Retention Phases-A Prospective Clinical Trial ''

The proposed study will be a non-pharmacological, two arm parallel, Prospective, single blind clinical trial to evaluate if there is a difference in retentive characteristics of dentition in two group of post orthodontic treatment patients with vertical growth pattern patients in one group and horizontal growth pattern patients in other group of patients. The present study will be conducted in the Department of Orthodontic and Dentofacial Orthopedics, P.G.I.D.S, Pt. B.D Sharma University of health sciences, Rohtak. The study will be carried out after the institutional approval obtained from ethical committee. Patient will be allocated to two different study group by the investigator. the data analyst will be blinded regarding the intervention group. The sample size for the proposed study was calculated by using the formula. Total sample size = N = 2σ 2 (Zβ + Zα/2) 2 / (difference of mean )2. sample size of 20 patients was calculated by using the above formula at confidence interval 95% with power 99%. GROUP 1: patient with vertical growth pattern have who had undergone, fixed orthodontic cases having FMA of 26 0 or more for hyperdivergent cases. GROUP 2 patient with horizontal growth pattern who had undergone , Fixed orthodontic cases having FMA of 24 o or less for hypodivergent cases. Changes in levels of bone turnover markers CTX-bone resorption and BALP-bone formation using ELISA. These parameters will be charted at T0, T1, T2, T3,T4 for each patient. T0 - Records will be obtained at the time of retainer delivery T1 - Records will be obtained after 1month of retainer delivery T2 - Records will be obtained after 3 month of retainer delivery T3- Records will be obtained after 6 months of retainer delivery T4- Records will be obtained after 12 months of retainer delivery Assessment of bite force will be done using bite force measuring device at T0 - Records will be obtained at the time of retainer delivery T1 - Records will be obtained after 1month of retainer delivery T2 - Records will be obtained after3month of retainer delivery T3- Records will be obtained after 6 months of retainer delivery T4- Records will be obtained after 12 months of retainer delivery