Question · asked by 1 review
Vibrational appliance with fixed appliances vs Fixed appliances: Harms (discomfort, pain intensity, analgesia use)
- Population
- Children or adolescents (aged 16 years old or under) receiving orthodontic treatment to prevent or correct crowded teeth
- Intervention
- Vibrational appliance with fixed appliances
- Comparison
- Fixed appliances
- Outcome
- Harms (discomfort, pain intensity, analgesia use)
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Vibrational appliance with fixed appliances vs Fixed appliances only / no vibrational appliance (control) Harms (discomfort, pain intensity, analgesia use) · Children or adolescents (aged 16 years old or under) receiving orthodontic treatment to prevent or correct crowded teeth · first week Orthodontic treatment for crowded teeth in children (2021) · Cochrane All outcomes | No clear difference in discomfort/pain intensity or analgesia consumption between vibrational appliance and control (Miles 2012, Miles 2016, Woodhouse 2015; 100 mm VAS). Narrative; no pooled estimate. | 2 studies | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orthodontic treatment for crowded teeth in children 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2021-01 | Not listed | Not 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.