Oral Health-Related Quality of Life throughout Treatment with Clear Aligners in Comparison to Conventional Metal Fixed Orthodontic Appliances: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Orthodontic clear aligners constitute an alternative and increasingly used orthodontic treatment modality, offering enhanced esthetics with potential consequences regarding patients' oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL).

Objective

Summarize and systematically evaluate existing evidence on the OHRQoL of patients treated with orthodontic clear aligners compared to treatment with conventional metal, fixed appliances.

Search methods

We searched without limitations six databases and searched manually the reference lists of relevant studies up to the end of October 2022.

Selection criteria

We looked for data from prospective studies that compared OHRQoL, using instruments that had undergone full psychometric validation, between orthodontic patients

SUBMITTER: Kaklamanos EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9961780 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature