AUTHOR=Yacout Yomna M. , Hassan Mohamed G. , El-Harouni Nadia M. , Ismail Hanan A. , Zaher Abbas R. TITLE=Tooth-Bone-Borne Vs. Bone-Borne Palatal Expanders: A Systematic Review JOURNAL=Frontiers in Dental Medicine VOLUME=2 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/dental-medicine/articles/10.3389/fdmed.2021.644002 DOI=10.3389/fdmed.2021.644002 ISSN=2673-4915 ABSTRACT=

The aim of this review was to evaluate the current evidence regarding post-treatment effects of tooth-bone-borne vs. bone-borne expanders. A search was conducted in MEDLINE via PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, and Open Gray; in addition to a hand search in reference lists of selected articles and creating a search alert in electronic databases. Selection criteria included randomized and prospective clinical trials comparing post-expansion skeletal and/or dento-alveolar effects of tooth-bone-borne expanders to those of bone-borne expanders. Following study retrieval and selection, relevant data was extracted, and risk of bias was assessed using the revised RoB 2 tool for randomized clinical trials. After examining 10 full text articles, one randomized clinical trial was finally included. The study compared the dento-alveolar effects of tooth-bone-borne and bone-borne expanders, following expansion and after 6 months, using digital dental casts. Using the RoB 2 tool, the study was judged overall to show some concerns. A definitive conclusion could not be drawn from this systematic review due to the scarcity of clinical trials tackling the research question. A need for future well-conducted research was highlighted in this review.