To evaluate the discrepancy between programmed and achieved posterior tooth inclination and to assess the accuracy of Curve of Wilson levelling and posterior tooth inclination in the mandibular arch across three different techniques: vestibular fixed appliance, lingual fixed appliance and aligners.
✦ Clinical Takeaway ✦
No actionable change for audiologists — this is an orthodontics study with no relevance to audiology clinical practice.
✦ Why It Matters ✦
This article has no relevance to the audiology field; it appears to have been included in error, as it concerns orthodontic treatment mechanics rather than hearing or vestibular science.
✦ Key Points ✦
- 01Study compares accuracy of three orthodontic techniques: vestibular braces, lingual braces, and clear aligners.
- 02Outcome measures focus on Curve of Wilson levelling and posterior tooth inclination.
- 03Retrospective cohort design limits causal inference.
- 04No audiology, hearing, or vestibular content is present.
- 05Inclusion in an audiology feed appears to be a metadata or keyword error (the term 'vestibular' refers to tooth surface, not the inner ear).
✦ Research metadata ✦
- PMID
- 42410981
- DOI
- 10.1111/ocr.70165.
- Journal
- Orthodontics & Craniofacial Research
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 2b
- Population
- Orthodontic patients treated with vestibular braces, lingual braces, or clear aligners
- Intervention
- Vestibular straight-wire, lingual straight-wire, or clear aligner orthodontic technique
- Comparator
- Each of the three techniques compared against the others
Primary outcomes
Accuracy of Curve of Wilson levelling; Accuracy of posterior tooth inclination