The transparency of reporting 'harms' encountered with the surgically assisted acceleration of orthodontic tooth movement in the published randomized controlled trials: a meta-epidemiological study

Alfailany, Doa’a Tahseen; Hajeer, Mohammad Younis; Darwich, Khaldoun

doi:10.1186/s40510-023-00457-4

Progress in Orthodontics

Table 2 SAAO-related harms reported in the included studies

From: The transparency of reporting 'harms' encountered with the surgically assisted acceleration of orthodontic tooth movement in the published randomized controlled trials: a meta-epidemiological study

Study	Setting	Publication journal		Methods		Participants	Orthodontic procedure	Invasiveness of the SAAO	Reported harm
Study	Setting	Name	Quartile	Study design	Treatment comparison	Patients (M/F) Age (years)	Orthodontic procedure	Invasiveness of the SAAO	Reported harm
Al-Ainawi et al. [49]	Syria	Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice	Q3*	RCT, SMD	DAD vs. Modified DAD	Patients (M/F): 7 (NR\ NR) Age (years): 16–25	Maxillary canine retraction	Invasive	Non-vitality of the retracted canine
Tunçer et al. [47]	Turkey	European Journal of Orthodontics	Q1*	RCT, 2-Arms PG	Piezocision vs. NAC	Patients (M/F): 30 (4\ 26) Age (years): 14.3–25.5	En-mass retraction	Minimally invasive	Ectopic bony growths
Kundi and Shaheed [42]	Saudi Arabia	Pakistan Oral & Dental Journal	Unclassified**	RCT, SMD	MOPs vs. NAC	Patients (M/F): 30 (12\ 18) Age (years): 20–36	Maxillary canine retraction	Minimally invasive	Minor bleeding in the perforation area
Thind et al. [53]	India	Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology	Q4*	RCT, 2-Arms PG	PAOO with surgical bur vs. PAOO with piezocision	Patients (M/F): 40 (NR\ NR) Age (years): 20–40	Retraction	Invasive	Swelling, and hematoma of the chin for 2–3 days
Al-Imam et al. [2]	Syria	Dental and Medical Problems	Q3*	RCT, 2-Arms PG	Piezocision vs. NAC	Patients (M/F): 42 (11\ 31) Age (years): 16–31	Maxillary incisors retraction	Minimally invasive	The recession of the interdental papilla in the midline following acute inflammatory response in that area
Fernandes et al. [48]	Brazil	Progress in Orthodontics	Q1*	RCT, COMP	(Corticotomy\NAC) vs. (piezocision \NAC) vs. (Corticotomy \ piezocision	Patients (M/F): 47 (19\ 28) Age (years): 15–38	Maxillary canine retraction	Combination of IP and MIP in PG or SMDs	Bone sequestration associated with piezocision

SAAO surgically assisted accelerated orthodontics, RCT Randomized clinical trial, SMD Split-mouth design, PG Parallel group, COMP Compound design (it consists of both parallel and split-mouth), DAD Dentoalveolar distraction, NAC Non-Accelerated Control, MOPs Micro-osteoperforations, PAOO Periodontally accelerated osteogenic orthodontics, NR Not reported, IP Invasive procedure, MIP Minimally invasive procedure, PG Parallel group, SMDs Split mouth designs
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^**Not indexed by both Scopus® and Web of Science™ databases

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