Research Hotspots and Emerging Trends of Orthodontic-Related Discomfort and Pain: A Bibliometric Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given the increasing volume of scientific research on orthodontic-related discomfort and pain (ORDP) in recent years and the scarcity of related quantitative analyses, this study aims to analyze the research hotspots and emerging trends of ORDP with the bibliometric method.

Materials and methods

A systematic search within the Web of Science Core Collection database was conducted on 30th April 2024. After manually screening and removing duplicate or irrelevant publications, we collected relevant studies for comprehensive bibliometric analysis, encompassing analyses of countries, institutions, authors, journals, documents, and keywords, which were performed using VOSviewer 1.6.19 and CiteSpace 5.7R5.

Results

A total of 970 publications were included in the bi

SUBMITTER: Bai S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12767382 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature