Primary study · included by 1 review

Salivary levels of cariogenic bacterial species during orthodontic treatment with thermoplastic aligners or fixed appliances: a prospective cohort study.

Sifakakis et al. 2018 · Sifakakis Iosif, Papaioannou William, Papadimitriou Aikaterini, et al. · Progress in orthodontics · 2018

PubMed 30066184 doi:10.1186/s40510-018-0230-4Journal Article

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Impact of Aligners and Fixed Appliances on Oral Health during Orthodontic Treatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Non-Cochrane · intervention · 2021 · cited as Sifakakis et al. 2018 · Table 1; Table 4 (s-PI/s-GI 1 month) and Table 5 (S. mutans 1 month), Adolescents; Reference 46

Outcome this study informs	Pooled effect	Evidence	Certainty
Simplified plaque index (s-PI) Clear aligners (Invisalign / thermoformed aligners) vs Fixed appliances · 1 month	MD -14.78 [-16.74, -12.82]	1 study	Ungraded

1 including review in total.