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A Systematic Review of Interventions-Does Invisalign Move Teeth as Effectively as Orthodontic Fixed Appliances?

Mohammad Khursheed Alam, Mohammed Awawdeh, Nora Alhazmi, Khalid A Abalkhail, Kiran Iyer, Huda Abutayyem, Haytham Jamil Alswairki, Mohammad Younis Hajeer

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Review in Scientifica, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Incidence and distribution of white spot lesions after clear aligner versus fixed appliance therapy : A retrospective digital photograph and intraoral scan analysis.Journal of orofacial orthopedics = Fortschritte der Kieferorthopadie : Organ/official journal Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Kieferorthopadie · 2026
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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

8 authors.

Mohammad Khursheed AlamOrthodontic Division, Preventive Dentistry Department, College of Dentistry, Jouf University, Sakaka 72345, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7131-1752
Mohammed AwawdehPreventive Dental Science Department, College of Dentistry, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6242-1797
Nora AlhazmiPreventive Dental Science Department, College of Dentistry, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia.
Khalid A AbalkhailPreventive Dental Science Department, College of Dentistry, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia.
Kiran IyerPreventive Dental Science Department, College of Dentistry, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia.
Huda AbutayyemOrthodontics Department, Department of Clinical Sciences, Center of Medical and Bio-Allied Health Sciences Research, College of Dentistry, Ajman University, P.O. Box 346, Ajman, UAE.
Haytham Jamil AlswairkiSchool of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu 16150, Malaysia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4387-7959
Mohammad Younis HajeerDepartment of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Damascus, P.O. Box 16046, Damascus, Syria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0640-1297

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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bracketsfixed appliancesInvisaligntooth movement

Identifiers

PMID39618690
PMCPMC11606659

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