Effectiveness of aligners in orthodontic treatment: A systematic review
International Journal of Development Research
Effectiveness of aligners in orthodontic treatment: A systematic review
Copyright © 2020, Abel S. Albert and Livin H. Mosha. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Introduction Aligners are becoming widely used and very common in orthodontics. They have been increasingly developing over the last decade in order to respond to the needs of orthodontists and different clinical cases. The aims of this systematic review of the literature are to assess the aligner efficiency and to compare them to the fixed orthodontic techniques. Materials and methods: A broad search of MedLinePubmed, Cochrane, Scopus, Web of Science, Ebscohost and Science direct databases was conducted using the terms relevant to the subject.Results: Twenty-one papers were selected and were judged to be eligible for the present systematic review. The results involved tooth movement technique in 9 papers, aligners’ efficiency in nine studies; and compared aligners to braces through three studies. Conclusion: Orthodontic aligners are nowadays considered a reliable and aesthetic alternative that have enlarged the arsenals of tools available for the orthodontist. Since their main treatment goals are mostly achieved, aligners have been judged to be sufficiently efficient and effective. Nevertheless, future studies are required to better understand their principles and for a greater control of the tooth movements.
Introduction Aligners are becoming widely used and very common in orthodontics. They have been increasingly developing over the last decade in order to respond to the needs of orthodontists and different clinical cases. The aims of this systematic review of the literature are to assess the aligner efficiency and to compare them to the fixed orthodontic techniques. Materials and methods: A broad search of MedLinePubmed, Cochrane, Scopus, Web of Science, Ebscohost and Science direct databases was conducted using the terms relevant to the subject.Results: Twenty-one papers were selected and were judged to be eligible for the present systematic review. The results involved tooth movement technique in 9 papers, aligners’ efficiency in nine studies; and compared aligners to braces through three studies. Conclusion: Orthodontic aligners are nowadays considered a reliable and aesthetic alternative that have enlarged the arsenals of tools available for the orthodontist. Since their main treatment goals are mostly achieved, aligners have been judged to be sufficiently efficient and effective. Nevertheless, future studies are required to better understand their principles and for a greater control of the tooth movements.
