Assessing the efficacy and safety of minimally invasive surgical techniques in enhancing orthodontic tooth movement: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Deema AlShammery, Narjes W Alshafai, Lina A Alshahrani, Shuruq A Abu Alhutayl, Naif N Almasoud

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Deema AlShammeryDepartment of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, College of Medicine and Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Narjes W AlshafaiDepartment of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.

Lina A AlshahraniDepartment of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Shuruq A Abu AlhutaylDepartment of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, College of Dentistry, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.

Naif N AlmasoudDepartment of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

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Abstract

This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the efficacy and safety of minimally invasive surgical techniques (MIS) to accelerate orthodontic tooth movement. A comprehensive search of PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane CENTRAL, ProQuest, ScienceDirect, and OVID, along with manual reference screening, was conducted up to January 2024. Randomized controlled trials comparing MIS methods (including micro-osteoperforation, piezocision, flapless corticotomy/corticision, interseptal bone reduction, discision, and laser-assisted flapless corticotomy) with conventional orthodontic treatment were included. Thirty trials (809 participants) met eligibility criteria. Meta-analysis demonstrated significantly faster canine movement with MIS at one month (WMD 0.42 mm; 95% CI 0.26-0.58;

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Accelerated orthodonticsflapless corticotomymicro-osteoperforationminimally invasive surgeryorthodontic treatmentpiezocision

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PMID41816269

DOI10.4103/jos.jos_129_25

PMCPMC12974942

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