Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

3 questions · 3 findings · 1 reviews · Orthodontics

Sort:Best matchNewest Highest certainty Download CSV

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 2 · 66.7%Very low 1 · 33.3%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Copper nickel-titanium archwire vs Nickel-titanium archwire

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 copper nickel-titanium archwire changes amount of crowding (Little's Irregularity Index) at 12 weeks compared with nickel-titanium archwire (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Orthodontic treatment for crowded teeth in children 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes
12 weeks
MD 0.49 [0.35, 0.63]
1 study · 66 participants
Very low

Copper nickel-titanium archwire vs Nickel-titanium archwire

Harms (discomfort) · Children or adolescents (aged 16 years old or under) receiving orthodontic treatment to prevent or correct crowded teeth

1 finding from 1 review

Orthodontic treatment for crowded teeth in children 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes
after archwire change
No difference in overall discomfort levels between copper NiTi and NiTi archwire sequences (Ong 2011, 7-point Likert). Narrative; no pooled estimate.
1 study
GRADE not reported

Copper nickel-titanium archwire vs Nickel-titanium archwire

Time to alignment · Children or adolescents (aged 16 years old or under) receiving orthodontic treatment to prevent or correct crowded teeth

Copper nickel-titanium archwire showed no clear difference in time to alignment (days) compared with nickel-titanium archwire; GRADE not reported.

1 finding from 1 review

Orthodontic treatment for crowded teeth in children 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes
alignment
MD -2.63 [-14.50, 9.24]
2 studies · 191 participants
GRADE not reported