ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
The Efficacy of a New AMCOP
Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effect of eruption guidance appliances on occlusal traits: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of orthodontics · 2026Pooled it
- Unilateral Agenesis of the Upper Permanent Lateral Incisors in Growing Patients: Gap Closure or Gap Opening? A Systematic Review.International dental journal · 2025Pooled it
- White Spots: Prevention in Orthodontics-Systematic Review of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Retrospective Descriptive Case Series on the Use of AMCOPBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Evaluation of an Elastodontic Bioactivator Versus High-Pull Headgear for the Treatment of Skeletal Class II Hyperdivergent Pediatric Patients: A Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Association Between Bone Density and Maxillary Canine Impaction: A CBCT-Based Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Changes in transverse dimensions in growing patients treated with AMCOP® and electromyographic assessment with Teethan®.Frontiers in dental medicine · 2026Article
- Structural Stability of Silicone-Based Elastodontic Appliances After Clinical Use: Insights from FTIR Spectroscopy.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Pharyngeal Airway Changes After Functional Orthodontic Treatment in Growing Class II Patients: A Retrospective Cephalometric Comparison of Twin Block, RPE and AMCOPLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Orthodontic Extrusion in Daily Clinical Practice: Management of Fractured or Damaged Anterior Teeth.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Review
- Effects of AMCOPJournal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The Association Between Temporomandibular Disorders and Tinnitus: Evidence and Therapeutic Perspectives from a Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Changes in vertical skeletal and neuromuscular balance in growing patients treated with AMCOP®: a cephalometric and EMG evaluation.Frontiers in dental medicine · 2025Article
- The tooth transformer® revolution: autologous dentin biomaterials and platelet concentrates in oral regeneration. A parallel narrative systematic review.Frontiers in dental medicine · 2025Review
- Does orthodontic postgraduate education influence the choice of orthodontic treatment?Frontiers in dental medicine · 2025Article
- Effectiveness and Personalized Approaches in the Correction of Gummy Smile: A Systematic Review of Orthodontic and Surgical Treatments.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Analysis of prefabricated myofunctional appliances with different overjet and bumper designs: a three-dimensional finite element analysis.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Effects of Removable Functional Appliances on the Dentoalveolar Unit in Growing Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Advancing Postoperative Pain Management in Oral Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Preformed Elastodontic Appliances: Awareness and Attitude of Orthodontists and General Dental Practitioners.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundElastodontics is a specific interceptive orthodontic treatment that uses removable elastomeric appliances. They are functional appliances that produce neuromuscular, orthopedic and dental effects. Thus, these devices are useful in the developmental age, when skeletal structures are characterized by important plasticity and adaptation capacity, allowing to remove factors responsible for malocclusions. Elastomeric devices are generally well tolerated by patients requiring simple collaboration and management. This work can be useful to update all orthodontists already adopting these appliances or for those who want to approach them for the first time. This study aimed to describe four cases treated with new elastomeric devices called AMCOP Bio-Activators and to provide an overview of elastodontics, its evolution, indications and limits.
methodsA total of four clinical cases were presented after a treatment period of 16-20 months to evaluate the clinical and radiological effects of the elastodontic therapy.
resultsThe effectiveness of Bio-Activators on clinical cases was evidenced with a significant improvement in skeletal and dentoalveolar relationship, and malocclusion correction in a limited treatment period (16-20 months).
conclusionsThe Bio-Activators showed clinical effectiveness to achieve therapeutic targets according to a low impact on the patient's compliance.
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