Changes in probing depth (PD) at teeth adjacent to the extraction site · Adults aged 18 years or older, in good general health (including well-controlled systemic disease), requiring extraction of one or more…
ARP with alloplast showed no clear difference in changes in probing depth (PD) at teeth adjacent to the extraction site compared with ARP with xenograft; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Restoration failure · People with permanent or adult posterior teeth requiring restoration (parallel-group trials involved children aged 6 to 12 years)
Direct composite resin restoration may leads to higher restoration failure rate compared with amalgam restoration (low certainty).
3 findings from 1 review
Complications (e.g. discomfort, pain and swelling) · Adults aged 18 years or older, in good general health (including well-controlled systemic disease), requiring extraction of one or more…
1 finding from 1 review
1 trial (Scheyer 2016) reported moderate glazing, redness and oedema, while 2 trials (Santana 2019; Serrano Mendez 2017) reported there were no adverse events
3 studies · 87 participants
Low
Harms (discomfort, pain intensity, analgesia use) · Children or adolescents (aged 16 years old or under) receiving orthodontic treatment to prevent or correct crowded teeth
1 finding from 1 review
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
Signs and symptoms of respiratory disease · Children and adults with a posterior crossbite, without a Class III skeletal relationship, cleft lip or palate (or both), or other…
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
0 studies
No studies found
Crossbite correction · Children and adults with a posterior crossbite, without a Class III skeletal relationship, cleft lip or palate (or both), or other…
Removable tooth-borne expansion (expansion plate) leads to higher crossbite correction compared with observation (no treatment) (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Crossbite correction · Children and adults with a posterior crossbite, without a Class III skeletal relationship, cleft lip or palate (or both), or other…
Fixed tooth-borne expansion (Hyrax) showed no clear difference in crossbite correction compared with fixed tooth-tissue-borne expansion (Haas) (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Molar expansion · Children and adults with a posterior crossbite, without a Class III skeletal relationship, cleft lip or palate (or both), or other…
1 finding from 1 review
Orthodontic treatment for posterior crossbites 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes7 months after start of treatment
Martina 2012: slow 6.3 mm (SD 2.1) vs rapid 5.7 mm (SD 1.6); reported as no statistically significant difference in text (PUB2 MD 0.60, 95% CI -0.85 to 2.05); Table 1 lists P<0.001 (discrepant)
1 study · 26 participants
GRADE not reported
Quality of life · Children and adults with a posterior crossbite, without a Class III skeletal relationship, cleft lip or palate (or both), or other…
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
0 studies
No studies found
Amount of crowding · Children or adolescents (aged 16 years old or under) receiving orthodontic treatment to prevent or correct crowded teeth
It is very uncertain whether lower lip bumper changes amount of crowding (change in mandibular incisor crowding) at 6 months compared with no active treatment (control) (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Sensitivity · Adults (aged 16 years or over) presenting to primary or secondary care with clinically evident suspicious or innocuous oral lesions
1 finding from 1 review
Crossbite correction · Children and adults with a posterior crossbite, without a Class III skeletal relationship, cleft lip or palate (or both), or other…
Fixed tooth-borne expansion (quad-helix) leads to higher crossbite correction compared with observation (no treatment) (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Canine expansion · Children and adults with a posterior crossbite, without a Class III skeletal relationship, cleft lip or palate (or both), or other…
Fixed tooth-borne expansion (quad-helix) may leads to higher canine expansion (inter-canine distance) compared with observation (no treatment) (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Canine expansion · Children and adults with a posterior crossbite, without a Class III skeletal relationship, cleft lip or palate (or both), or other…
1 finding from 1 review
Amount of crowding · Children or adolescents (aged 16 years old or under) receiving orthodontic treatment to prevent or correct crowded teeth
It is very uncertain whether vibrational appliance with fixed appliances changes amount of crowding (change in mandibular crowding) at 10 to 30 weeks compared with fixed appliances only / no vibrational appliance (control) (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Changes in vertical height of alveolar ridge (mm) · Adults aged 18 years or older, in good general health (including well-controlled systemic disease), requiring extraction of one or more…
It is very uncertain whether ARP with allograft changes changes in vertical height of alveolar ridge (mm) compared with ARP with xenograft (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Crossbite correction · Children and adults with a posterior crossbite, without a Class III skeletal relationship, cleft lip or palate (or both), or other…
Bone-borne expansion showed no clear difference in crossbite correction compared with fixed tooth-borne expansion (Hyrax) (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Secondary caries · People with permanent or adult posterior teeth requiring restoration (parallel-group trials involved children aged 6 to 12 years)
Direct composite resin restoration showed no clear difference in secondary caries compared with amalgam restoration; GRADE not reported.
3 findings from 1 review
Lower incisors to mandible (position, mm) at 9 months · Children or adolescents (aged 16 years old or under) receiving orthodontic treatment to prevent or correct crowded teeth
Lower lip bumper led to higher lower incisors to mandible at 6 months compared with no active treatment (control); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Canine expansion · Children and adults with a posterior crossbite, without a Class III skeletal relationship, cleft lip or palate (or both), or other…
1 finding from 1 review