Question · asked by 1 review
Hawley removable retainer vs Clear plastic removable retainer: Patient satisfaction: comfort (VAS, upper and lower arches)
- Population
- People who had received fixed appliance orthodontic treatment
- Intervention
- Hawley removable retainer
- Comparison
- Clear plastic removable retainer
- Outcome
- Patient satisfaction: comfort (VAS, upper and lower arches)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Hawley removable retainer vs Clear plastic removable retainer Patient satisfaction: comfort (VAS, upper and lower arches) · People who had received fixed appliance orthodontic treatment · 12 months, upper and lower arches The review found no eligible studies for this question. Retention procedures for stabilising tooth position after treatment with orthodontic braces (2023) · Cochrane All outcomes | No RCTs at 12 months; 1 RCT at 6 months: Hawley less comfortable (VAS MD -1.86, 95% CI -2.19 to -1.53; very low-certainty) | 0 studies | No studies found |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retention procedures for stabilising tooth position after treatment with orthodontic braces 2023 · Cochrane All outcomes | April 2022 | 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.