Question · asked by 1 review

Nitinol archwire vs Titinol archwire: Amount of crowding

Population
Children or adolescents (aged 16 years old or under) receiving orthodontic treatment to prevent or correct crowded teeth
Intervention
Nitinol archwire
Comparison
Titinol archwire
Outcome
Amount of crowding

It is very uncertain whether nitinol archwire changes amount of crowding (change) up to 37 weeks compared with titinol archwire (very low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Nitinol archwire vs Titinol archwire
Amount of crowding (change) up to 37 weeks · Children or adolescents (aged 16 years old or under) receiving orthodontic treatment to prevent or correct crowded teeth · up to 37 weeks
It is very uncertain whether nitinol archwire changes amount of crowding (change) up to 37 weeks compared with titinol archwire (very low certainty).
Orthodontic treatment for crowded teeth in children (2021) · Cochrane All outcomes
MD -0.28 [-0.89, 0.33]1 study · 40 participantsVery low

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Orthodontic treatment for crowded teeth in children
2021 · Cochrane All outcomes
2021-01Not listedNot assessed
How reviews are matched to this question

Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.