Duration of orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances in adolescents and adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Adults with fixed orthodontic appliances are increasing nowadays. Compared with adolescents, adults present biological differences that might influence treatment duration. Therefore, the aim of the study was to compare duration of treatment with fixed appliances between adults and adolescents.

Materials and methods

Eight databases were searched up to September 2019 for randomized and non-randomized clinical studies comparing treatment duration with fixed appliances in adolescents and adult patients. After duplicate study selection, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment with the Cochrane ROBINS-I tool, random effects meta-analyses of mean differences (MD) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were performed, followed by assessment of the quality of eviden

SUBMITTER: Abbing A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7533275 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature