Light vibrational forces (LVF) vs Conventional orthodontic appliance treatment: Patient-reported need for analgesics
- Population
- Adolescents and adults with malocclusion undergoing orthodontic treatment with fixed or removable appliances
- Intervention
- Light vibrational forces (LVF)
- Comparison
- Conventional orthodontic appliance treatment
- Outcome
- Patient-reported need for analgesics
Light vibrational forces (LVF) showed no clear difference in patient-reported need for analgesics during first week of initial… compared with conventional orthodontic appliance treatment (placebo or no adjunct) (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Light vibrational forces (LVF) vs Conventional orthodontic appliance treatment (placebo or no adjunct) Patient-reported need for analgesics during first week of initial aligning archwire · Adolescents and adults with malocclusion undergoing orthodontic treatment with fixed or removable appliances · First week of initial aligning archwire Light vibrational forces (LVF) showed no clear difference in patient-reported need for analgesics during first week of initial… compared with conventional orthodontic appliance treatment (placebo or no adjunct) (low certainty). Non‐surgical adjunctive interventions for accelerating tooth movement in patients undergoing orthodontic… (2023) · Cochrane All outcomes | OR 1.64 [0.60, 4.53] | 2 studies · 76 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non‐surgical adjunctive interventions for accelerating tooth movement in patients undergoing orthodontic treatment 2023 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2022-09 | 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.