ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020
Influence of a Lubricating Gel (Orthospeed®) on Pain and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Orthodontic Patients during Initial Therapy with Conventional and Low-Friction Brackets: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial.
Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05040620 (Effectiveness of Olive Oil Local Application in Decreasing the Period of Alignment Phase in Non Extraction Orthodontic Patients. A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effectiveness of Olive Oil Local Application in Decreasing the Period of Alignment Phase in Non Extraction Orthodontic Patients. A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Duration of fixed appliance treatment using 0.018-inch slot versus 0.022-inch slot brackets: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of orthodontics · 2025Pooled it
- Review
- Influence of orthodontic archwire (nickel-titanium versus copper-nickel-titanium) on pain in adult patients in the aligning phase of treatment with self-ligating brackets (two months of follow-up): a prospective observational pilot study.Head & face medicine · 2025Observational
- A longitudinal pilot study examining the influence of the orthodontic system chosen in adult patients (brackets versus aligners) on oral health-related quality of life and anxiety.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Pain and Oral-Health-Related Quality of Life in Orthodontic Patients During Initial Therapy with Conventional, Low-Friction, and Lingual Brackets and Aligners (Invisalign): A Prospective Clinical Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate whether statistically significant differences exist regarding pain and the impact on oral quality of life of orthodontic treatment. A conventional brackets system was compared with low-friction brackets. A total of 90 patients (male = 35, female = 55) were chosen for this randomized clinical trial. Pain was assessed at 4, 8, and 24 hours and 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 days after the start of treatment using the McGill Pain Questionnaire. Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) was assessed using the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) questionnaire. Oral quality of life was assessed at one month, with patients with low-friction brackets describing lower levels of pain. The patients with conventional brackets indicated a worse impact on their quality of life compared to the group with low-friction brackets. Statistically significant differences were found between the groups, with maximum pain observed between the first 24 and 48 hours, and the values of minimum pain are reached after 7 days. The pain and impact on oral quality of life was statistically worse in patients with conventional brackets compared to patients with low-friction brackets. The type of bracket system used was therefore shown to influence patients' perceptions of pain and impact on their OHRQoL.
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