Periodontal Health in Patients with Self-Ligating Brackets: A Systematic Review of Clinical Studies.
J Clin Med
; 11(9)2022 May 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1820308
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
The aim of this systematic review with meta-analysis is to assess the available evidence from human clinical studies of using self-ligating brackets compared to conventional brackets in maintaining periodontal health. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
The protocol details were registered in the PROSPERO database (CRD42022302689). This review was performed under the PRISMA guidelines. The electronic search was performed in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and grey literature databases, as well as manual searches to find relevant articles published until January 2022. The inclusion criteria consisted of human clinical studies which reported the use of fixed orthodontic treatment with self-ligating brackets (SLBs) or conventional brackets (CBs) in maintaining periodontal health.RESULTS:
A total of 453 studies were imported into the Covidence Platform from the databases. Of these, six articles met the inclusion criteria. For plaque index, statistical significance was achieved for SLBs compared to CBs (0.31 (95% CI (0.15 to 0.48), p = 0.0001). For gingival index, probing depth and bleeding on probing no statistical significance was achieved. None of the included studies assessed clinical attachment level.CONCLUSIONS:
The present systematic review with meta-analysis was considered to provide relevant data on periodontal health during orthodontic treatment in patients with SLBs in comparison with patients wearing CBs. Our findings indicated that SLBs are not superior to CBs in terms of periodontal health.
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Language:
English
Year:
2022
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Article
Affiliation country:
Jcm11092570
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