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Observational studyBMC oral health2026

Comparison of virtual treatment planning outcomes designed by two commercially available software in treatment of anterior teeth crowding using in-house aligners.

Aliaa A Khadre, Zaki Hakami, Abdullah M Aldrees

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Observational study in BMC oral health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Aliaa A KhadreOrthodontic Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt. aliaa-abdelaziz@dent.edu.suez.eg.ORCID 0000-0002-7877-9275
Zaki HakamiDivision of Orthodontics, Department of Preventive Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah M AldreesDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Virtual treatment planning (VTP) has revolutionized clear aligner therapy (CAT) by facilitating patient communication and enhancing treatment predictability. The accuracy and reproducibility of VTP are highly dependent on the 3D design software used, particularly in in-house aligner workflows.Aim This study aimed to evaluate and compare the surface-based geometric accuracy of VTPs generated by two 3D designing software packages commonly used in clear aligners treatment planning; Maestro 3D ortho studio

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MalocclusionPatient Care PlanningSoftwareComputer SimulationHumansImaging, Three-DimensionalModels, DentalRetrospective StudiesUser-Computer Interface3D superimpositionHausdorff distanceIn-house alignersVirtual treatment planning

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PMID41864921
PMCPMC13063851

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