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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Efficacy and Predictability of Maxillary and Mandibular Dental Arch Expansion with Clear Aligners in Prepuberal Subjects: A Digital Retrospective Analysis.

Silvia Caruso, Alessandro Nota, Chiara Tonelli, Sandra Khong Tai, Gianluca Baldini, Fabiana Fiasca, Sara Caruso, Antonella Mattei

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Silvia CarusoDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
Alessandro NotaDental School, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3651-1251
Chiara TonelliDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
Sandra Khong TaiDepartment of Orthodontics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6307-2293
Gianluca BaldiniDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
Fabiana FiascaDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8799-2342
Sara CarusoDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
Antonella MatteiDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6420-8116

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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alignersdental expansionmixed dentition

Identifiers

PMID40648533
PMCPMC12249088

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