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Do Self-ligating brackets increase the efficiency of orthodontic treatment?

An evidence-based review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2013

Padhraig S. Fleming  and
Kevin O’Brien
Padhraig S. Fleming*
Affiliation:
Clinical senior lecturer/honorary consultant/Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom
Kevin O’Brien
Affiliation:
Professor of orthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
*
*Address for correspondence: P. Fleming, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Institute of dentistry, Turner street, London E1 2AD, UK. [email protected]
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Abstract

Self-ligating brackets have become increasingly established in orthodontics in recent decades. While proponents haveprofessed overwhelming advantages of self-ligation, most notably a reduction in treatment time and a reduced requirement for extractions, there has been little convincing evidence to support many of these claims. In this review the evidence concerning the influence of self-ligating brackets on the efficiency of orthodontic treatment is considered.

Keywords

OrthodonticBracketSelf-ligationEfficiency
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Dentofacial Anomalies and Orthodontics , Volume 16 , Issue 4: Varia , 2013 , 402
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© RODF / EDP Sciences

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Footnotes

Reprint requests to: Padhraig S. Fleming, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Institute of dentistry, Turner street, London E1 2AD, United Kingdom; E-mail: [email protected]

‘This article was commissioned by Revue d’Orthopedie dent-faciale. It is an updated version of a paper by Fleming and O’Brien in the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics originally published in January 2013. The paper is reproduced with permission from Elsevier.’

References

Reprint requests to: Padhraig S. Fleming, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Institute of dentistry, Turner street, London E1 2AD, United Kingdom; E-mail:

‘This article was commissioned by Revue d’Orthopedie dent-faciale. It is an updated version of a paper by Fleming and O’Brien in the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics originally published in January 2013. The paper is reproduced with permission from Elsevier.’