Trial reportBMC oral health2021
Pulp volume changes after piezocision-assisted tooth movement: a randomized clinical trial.
Trial report in BMC oral health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03180151 (The Effect of Corticotomy in En-mass Retraction), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Effect of Corticotomy in En-mass Retraction
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Changes in the Pulp Tissue Complex Induced by Orthodontic Forces: Is There a Need for Concern? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of RCTs and Prospective Clinical Trials.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2022Pooled it
- Orthodontic treatment after occlusal intervention balances osteoblast and osteoclast differentiation via SIRT1 beta catenin signaling in rats with hypofunctional occlusion.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Volumetric pulpal changes in permanent first molars following AdvanSyncTM and Twin Block functional appliance: A CBCT study.Journal of orthodontic science · 2025Article
- A potential novel technique for measurement of pulp volume on periapical radiography: A pilot study.The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences · 2024Article
- Convalescing Mandibular Anterior Crowding through Piezocision and the Micro-Osteoperforation Surgical Procedure-A Clinical Comparative Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Review
- The clinical efficacy of periodontally accelerated osteogenic orthodontics in patients with bone fenestration and dehiscence: a retrospective study.Head & face medicine · 2022Article
- Adverse Effects of Surgically Accelerated Orthodontic Techniques: A Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Accelerated orthodontic tooth movement: surgical techniques and the regional acceleratory phenomenon.Maxillofacial plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundOrthodontic treatment may result in undesirable side effects, such as root resorption and a decrease in the size of the pulp tissue which could be associated with the duration of the orthodontic treatment. Piezocision-assisted tooth movement was introduced as a minimally invasive surgical procedure to shorten orthodontic treatment time. This prospective randomized clinical trial was aimed to compare the pulp volume changes of maxillary anterior teeth after en-masse retraction with or without piezocision-assisted orthodontics.
methodsPatients who required orthodontic treatment with bilateral maxillary first premolar extractions and en-masse retraction were recruited. Patients were randomly divided into extraction with piezocision, or only extraction, serving as controls. Pulp volume and root length changes of the maxillary six anterior teeth were measured and compared between the two groups using a 3-Dimensional analytical software. Paired and independent sample t-tests were used to compare within and between groups. Bivariate correlation was done between the mean change in pulp volume and its corresponding root length. The significance level was set at α = 0.05.
resultsA total of 23 patients were included, 12 in the piezocision, and 11 in the control group. At the end of the en-masse retraction phase, (mean = 122.74 ± 3.06 days) pulp volume was significantly decreased in all six anterior teeth in both groups (P < 0.01). The decrease in pulp volume was not statistically different between both groups, (P > 0.05). There was a statistically significant but moderate correlation only between the pulp volume change of the right canine and its root length, r = 0.44, P = 0.034.
conclusionsThe effect of piezocision-assisted orthodontic tooth movement on the pulp volume was comparable to the conventional orthodontic treatment. The degree of change in pulp volume does not appear to be related to the amount of root resorption. Trial registration NCT03180151. Registered December 25, 2016, retrospectively registered, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/record/NCT03180151 .
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