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ArticleDentistry journal2026

Difference in Occlusal Contacts Obtained with Conventional Orthodontic and Clear Aligner Therapy: A Pilot Study.

Giorgio Oliva, Roberta Maddaluno, Roberto Rongo, Gerarda Buonocore, Rosa Valletta, Ambrosina Michelotti, Vincenzo D'Antò

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Article in Dentistry journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Giorgio OlivaSection of Orthodontics, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Oral Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Sergio Pansini Street, 5/Edificio 14, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Roberta MaddalunoIndependent Researcher, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Roberto RongoSection of Orthodontics, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Oral Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Sergio Pansini Street, 5/Edificio 14, 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9741-794X
Gerarda BuonocoreIndependent Researcher, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Rosa VallettaSection of Orthodontics, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Oral Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Sergio Pansini Street, 5/Edificio 14, 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1079-7191
Ambrosina MichelottiSection of Orthodontics, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Oral Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Sergio Pansini Street, 5/Edificio 14, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Vincenzo D'AntòSection of Orthodontics, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Oral Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Sergio Pansini Street, 5/Edificio 14, 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1695-0927

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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alignersfixed applianceocclusal contacts

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PMID41892777
PMCPMC13025235

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