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Trial reportScientific reports2015

Supplemental vibrational force does not reduce pain experience during initial alignment with fixed orthodontic appliances: a multicenter randomized clinical trial.

Neil R Woodhouse, Andrew T DiBiase, Spyridon N Papageorgiou, Nicola Johnson, Carmel Slipper, James Grant, Maryam Alsaleh, Martyn T Cobourne

Abstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Orthodontic treatment for crowded teeth in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  14. [Adjunctive interventions to accelerate orthodontic tooth movement].Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology · 2019
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  17. Current advances in orthodontic pain.International journal of oral science · 2016
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  20. The Effects of Low-frequency Vibration on Aligner Treatment Duration: A Clinical Trial.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Neil R WoodhouseKing's College London Dental Institute, Department of Orthodontics, London SE19RT, UK.
Andrew T DiBiaseEast Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, William Harvey Hospital, Department of Orthodontics, Ashford TN240LZ, UK.
Spyridon N PapageorgiouUniversity of Bonn, Department of Orthodontics and Department of Oral Technology, Bonn DE-53111, Germany.
Nicola JohnsonBrighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, Department of Orthodontics, Brighton BN25BE, UK.
Carmel SlipperBrighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, Department of Orthodontics, Brighton BN25BE, UK.
James GrantBrighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, Department of Orthodontics, Brighton BN25BE, UK.
Maryam AlsalehKing's College London Dental Institute, Department of Orthodontics, London SE19RT, UK.
Martyn T CobourneKing's College London Dental Institute, Department of Orthodontics, London SE19RT, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This prospective randomized trial investigated the effect of supplemental vibrational force on orthodontic pain during alignment with fixed-appliances. Eighty-one subjects < 20 years-old undergoing extraction-based fixed-appliance treatment were randomly allocated to supplementary (20-minutes/day) use of an intra-oral vibrational device (AcceleDent(®)) (n = 29); an identical non-functional (sham) device (n = 25) or fixed-appliances only (n = 27). Each subject recorded pain intensity (using a 100-mm visual-analogue scale) and intake of oral analgesia in a questionnaire, following appliance-placement (T1) and first-adjustment (T2) for 1-week (immediately-after, 4, 24, 72-hours and at 1-week). Mean maximum-pain for the total sample was 72.96 mm [SD 21.59; 95%CI 68.19-77.74 mm] with no significant differences among groups (P = 0.282). Subjects taking analgesics reported slightly higher maximum-pain although this was not significant (P = 0.170). The effect of intervention was independent of analgesia (P = 0.883). At T1 and T2, a statistically and clinically significant increase in mean pain was seen at 4 and 24-hours, declining at 72-hours and becoming insignificant at 1-week. For mean alignment-rate, pain-intensity and use of analgesics, no significant differences existed between groups (P > 0.003). The only significant predictor for mean pain was time. Use of an AcceleDent vibrational device had no significant effect on orthodontic pain or analgesia consumption during initial alignment with fixed appliances.

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AdolescentAnalgesicsFemaleHumansMaleOrthodontic BracketsPainPain MeasurementProspective StudiesSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment OutcomeVibrationAnalgesics

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PMCPMC4661602

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