Question · asked by 1 review
Extraction of the primary maxillary canine vs no intervention: Change in the sagittal position of the upper first molars
- Population
- Children with palatally displaced maxillary canines (at least 80% aged 10 to 13 years); trials with craniofacial syndromes or anomalies excluded
- Intervention
- Extraction of the primary maxillary canine
- Comparison
- no intervention
- Outcome
- Change in the sagittal position of the upper first molars
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Extraction of the primary maxillary canine vs Untreated control (no treatment) Change in the sagittal position of the upper first molars · Children with palatally displaced maxillary canines (at least 80% aged 10 to 13 years); trials with craniofacial… · At least 6 months follow-up after the intervention Extraction of primary (baby) teeth for unerupted palatally displaced permanent canine teeth in children (2012) · Cochrane All outcomes | Change in the sagittal position of the upper first molars (Baccetti 2008 only): average sagittal displacement was 2.65 mm in the extraction-only group and 2.32 mm in the untreated control group (0.24 mm in the… | 1 study | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extraction of primary (baby) teeth for unerupted palatally displaced permanent canine teeth in children 2012 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2012-04 | 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.