ArticleThe Angle orthodontist2022
Aligners, Environmental Contamination, and The Role of Orthodontics.
Article in The Angle orthodontist, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Assessing the environmental impact of clear aligner therapy: a scoping review.Frontiers in dental medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Sustainable Production of Dental and Orthodontic 3D Models Through Fused Granular Fabrication of Recycled Polymers.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Environmental impact of orthodontic treatment: a simplified fast-track comparative life-cycle impact assessment of self-ligating metal brackets and clear aligners.European journal of orthodontics · 2026Article
- The Environmental Burden and Sustainability Challenges of Clear Aligners: Implications for Public Health, Practice, Policy, and Future Research-A Scoping Review.International journal of dentistry · 2026Review
- Biocompatibility and Safety of 3D Printing Resins for Orthodontic Aligners: A Critical Review of Current Evidence.Polymers · 2025Review
- Thermoplastics for Clear Aligners: A Review.Polymers · 2025Review
- Cytotoxicity assessment of eluates from vacuum-forming thermoplastics.Clinical oral investigations · 2024Article
- Towards Sustainable Orthodontics: Environmental Implications and Strategies for Clear Aligner Therapy.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The new additive era of orthodontics: 3D-printed aligners and shape memory polymers-the latest trend-and their environmental implications.Journal of orthodontic science · 2024Review
- Orthodontic aligners: between passion and science.Dental press journal of orthodontics · 2024Article
- Advances in orthodontic clear aligner materials.Bioactive materials · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
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Abstract
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