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Treatment for agenesis of maxillary lateral incisors: a systematic review
Author(s) -
Andrade D. C. M.,
Loureiro C. A.,
Araújo V. E.,
Riera R.,
Atallah A. N.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
orthodontics and craniofacial research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1601-6343
pISSN - 1601-6335
DOI - 10.1111/ocr.12015
Subject(s) - medicine , randomized controlled trial , dentistry , psychological intervention , agenesis , medline , orthodontics , surgery , psychiatry , political science , law
Structured Abstract Objectives To compare the efficacy and safety of three orthodontic treatment modalities for agenesis of maxillary lateral incisors: 1) closing the space with the reshaped canine substituting the lateral incisor, 2) opening the space with placement of a conventional fixed bridge, and 3) opening the space with placement of a single‐unit implant and an implant‐supported crown. Setting Brazilian C ochrane C enter and U niversidade F ederal de S ão P aulo, B razil. Material and Methods The following databases were investigated: C ochrane R egister of C ontrolled T rials ( E dition 12, 2011), EMBASE (from 1974 to D ecember 2011), MEDLINE (from 1965 to D ecember 2011), LILACS (from 1966 to N ovember 2011), and O dontology B razilian B ibliography D atabase (from 1966 to N ovember 2011). Conference abstracts, main B razilian dissertations and theses databases, and reference lists were handsearched. This systematic review included randomized or quasi‐randomized controlled trials ( RCT s) including women aged 15 years or over and men aged 21 years or over who received one of the interventions stated above. Two observers independently evaluated all the studies regarding eligibility criteria and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. Results No studies were included in the review as no RCT s were found. Most of the evidence comes from case reports and narrative reviews on case reports and from three studies with a single post‐intervention evaluation and non‐comparable control groups with high risk of bias. Conclusions There is no scientific evidence for any of the three most common types of treatment for agenesis of the maxillary lateral incisors. RCT s into this issue are still necessary.