Periodontal effects of maxillary expansion in adults using non-surgical expanders with skeletal anchorage vs. surgically assisted maxillary expansion: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Describe and compare harmful periodontal effects as a consequence of maxillary expansion in adult patients with different types of anchorage devices in non-surgical expanders with skeletal anchorage and surgically assisted maxillary expansion.

Materials and methods

An exhaustive search was carried out on the electronic databases PubMed (MEDLINE), Embase, Cochrane and LILACS. Additionally, journal references and grey literature were searched without any restrictions. After the selection and extraction process; risk of bias was assessed by the ROB-1 Cochrane tool and Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for randomized trials and cohort studies, respectively.

Results

Of 621 studies retrieved from the searches, six were finally included in this review. One of them pres

SUBMITTER: Vidalon JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8579525 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature