Seeking adverse effects in systematic reviews of orthodontic interventions: a cross-sectional study (part 1).

Background: Systematic reviews that assess the benefits of interventions often do not completely capture all dimensions of the adverse effects. This cross-sectional study (part 1 of 2 studies) assessed whether adverse effects were sought, whether the findings on these effects were reported, and what types of adverse effects were identified in systematic reviews of orthodontic interventions.

Methods: Systematic reviews of orthodontic interventions on human patients of any health status, sex, age, and demographics, and socio-economic status, in any type of setting assessing any type of adverse effect scored at any endpoint or timing were eligible.

Which orthodontic retention protocol should I implement? A critical assessment of a randomised controlled trial.

Trial design A single-centre two-arm parallel group randomised controlled trial.Objectives To assess differences in dental stability, patient perceptions and compliance and retainer failures in adolescents treated with vacuum-formed retainers (VFR) compared with those receiving bonded canine-to canine retainers after five years in retention.Methods In total, 104 eligible adolescents treated with fixed appliances in both jaws in a Swedish orthodontic clinic were randomised to two retention protocols.

Most veterinarians treating exotic animals use formularies to select drug dosages without consistently checking their sources.

Objective: To assess what information sources veterinarians use to select drug dosages for treating exotic animals and how they implement this information.

Sample: 936 veterinarians from Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and the Americas.

Procedures: An anonymous, online survey was used to collect data on information sources used for dosage decisions by veterinarians treating exotic species.

Reporting quality of abstracts of veterinary randomized controlled trials.

Objective: To evaluate the adherence of veterinary randomized controlled trial (RCT) abstracts to the recommendations on minimum abstract information included in the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) checklist for RCT abstracts and to identify characteristics associated with the number of CONSORT items reported.

Sample: 212 abstracts representing all RCTs published in 5 general veterinary journals in 2013 and 2018.

Procedures: 2 investigators independently assessed whether each of the 15 CONSORT checklist items for abstracts applicable to veterinary medicine was reported.

Social media and orthodontics: A commentary on a systematic review.

Data sources The electronic databases MEDLINE, EMBASE, Google Scholar, the Cochrane Oral Health Group's Trials Register, and CENTRAL from 1946 to 31 March 2018 were searched to identify eligible studies. Information sources in the Grey literature were also searched.Study selection Randomised and non-randomised studies as well as retrospective studies irrespective of their language were selected by two reviewers independently.

Failure rates of palatal implants or mini-screws for orthodontic anchorage.

Data sources Medline, Embase, the Cochrane Oral Health Group's Trials Register, CENTRAL, ClinicalTrials.gov, the National Research Register and Pro-Quest Dissertation Abstracts and Thesis databases. Study selection Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) non-randomised, or quasi-randomised controlled trials, prospective and retrospective studies involving the assessment of success or failure of palatal implants or palatal mini-screws for orthodontic anchorage reinforcement were considered.

Mini-implants for orthodontic anchorage.

Data sourcesPubmed, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and the Web of Science databases. Hand searches of the journals European Journal of Orthodontics, Journal of Orthodontics, Journal of Clinical Orthodontics, Seminars in Orthodontics, American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopaedics and Angle Orthodontist.Study selectionTwo reviewers independently selected studies.

Health care articles with simple and declarative titles were more likely to be in the Altmetric Top 100.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess whether specific title characteristics could influence the likelihood of being included in the "Altmetric Top 100."

Methods: We conducted a 1:2 matched case-control study with the cases being the health care articles included in the "Altmetric Top 100" lists (2013-2015) matched through a random computerized procedure with two health care articles published in the same journal and year. For each title, we extracted the number of characters in the title, the number of uncommon words, and whether the title was declarative.

No confidence that success rates of self-drilling and self-tapping insertion techniques of orthodontic mini-implants are similar.

Data sourcesMedline, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and SIGLE.Study selectionRandomised controlled trials(RCTs), clinical controlled trials (CCTs) and cohort studies that assessed the success/failure rates of self-drilling and self-tapping mini-screws for orthodontic anchorage were considered.Data extraction and synthesisData was abstracted and assessed for quality by two reviewers independently.

Moderate quality evidence that surgical anchorage more effective than conventional anchorage during orthodontic treatment.

Data Sources: Cochrane Oral Health Groups Trials Register, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Medline, Embase, key international orthodontic and dental journals and the World Health Organization (WHO) International Clinical Trials Registry Platform.

Study Selection: Randomised controlled trials comparing surgical anchorage with conventional anchorage in orthodontic patients. Trials comparing two types of surgical anchorage were also included.

Low quality evidence on the stability of orthodontic mini-implants.

Data Sources: Medline, Embase, LILACS, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, Web of Science, African Journals Online, Digital Dissertations.

Study Selection: Randomised controlled trials (RCTs), prospective controlled clinical trials(CCTs) and prospective cohort studies were included. Studies on implants with a diameter greater than 2 mm were excluded.

Mini-implants in orthodontics: a systematic review of the literature.

Introduction: In this article, we systematically reviewed the literature to quantify success and complications encountered with the use of mini-implants for orthodontic anchorage, and to analyze factors associated with success or failure.

Methods: Computerized and manual searches were conducted up to March 31, 2008, for clinical studies that addressed these objectives. The selection criteria required that these studies (1) reported the success rates of mini-implants on samples sizes of 10 implants or more, (2) gave a definition of success, (3) used implants with a diameter smaller than 2.