Table 3 Excluded articles and motivation for exclusion
Study | Motivation for the exclusion |
|---|---|
Abed Al Jawad and Alhashimi [21] De Felippe et al. [26] Gecgelen et al. [29] Needleman et al. [33] Serritella et al. [28] | No RCT |
Baldini et al. [30] de Araùjo et al. [32] Silveira et al. [50] Halicioglu et al. [27] | No SME protocol |
McNally et al. [34] | No RME protocol |
ISRCTN [63] NCT [64] NCT [65] NCT [66] | Not published yet |
Oshagh et al., 2012 [56] | No fixed appliance |