Question · asked by 1 review

Intraoral distalising appliance vs Headgear (extraoral appliance): Duration of treatment

Population
Children and adolescents (aged 16 years or less at the start of treatment) undergoing orthodontic treatment to distalise upper first molars; patients with cleft lip and palate or other craniofacial problems excluded
Intervention
Intraoral distalising appliance
Comparison
Headgear (extraoral appliance)
Outcome
Duration of treatment

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Intraoral distalising appliance vs Headgear (extraoral appliance)
Duration of treatment · Children and adolescents (aged 16 years or less at the start of treatment) undergoing orthodontic treatment to…
Orthodontic treatment for distalising upper first molars in children and adolescents (2013) · Cochrane All outcomes
Duration of treatment (to end of molar distalisation) reported by 3 studies (120 participants); not GRADE-rated and not in a SoF table. Bondemark 2005: intraoral appliance with superelastic coils 5.2 months (SD 1) vs…3 studies · 120 participantsGRADE not reported

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

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Orthodontic treatment for distalising upper first molars in children and adolescents
2013 · Cochrane All outcomes
2012-12Not listedNot assessed

The same intervention and outcome, asked in another population or against another comparator.

How reviews are matched to this question

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