Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Surgical Interventions Versus Non-surgical Ones When Used in Conjunction With Fixed Appliances to Accelerate Orthodontic Tooth Movement: A Systematic Review.

Doa'a Tahseen Alfailany, Mohammad Y Hajeer, Ahmad S Burhan, Luai Mahaini, Khaldoun Darwich, Ossama Aljabban

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Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

16citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it

2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Doa'a Tahseen AlfailanyDepartment of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus University, Damascus, SYR.

Mohammad Y HajeerDepartment of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus University, Damascus, SYR.

Ahmad S BurhanDepartment of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus University, Damascus, SYR.

Luai MahainiDepartment of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus University, Damascus, SYR.

Khaldoun DarwichDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus University, Damascus, SYR.

Ossama AljabbanDepartment of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus University, Damascus, SYR.

Damascus University · SY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objectives of this review were to evaluate the currently available evidence regarding the effectiveness of surgical versus non-surgical acceleration methods and the side effects associated with these methods. Nine databases were searched: the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), EMBASE

Indexed as

accelerated tooth movementcorticotomyfull-thickness mucoperiosteal flapllltmopsnon-surgicalorthodonticpiezocisionprostaglandinssurgical

Identifiers

PMID35651986

DOI10.7759/cureus.25381

PMCPMC9138402

OpenAlexW4281614883

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Registered trials

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