• Medicine · Sep 2019

    Efficacy of orthodontic and orthognathic treatment for oral and maxillofacial deformities.

    • Jin-Yu Gao and Xiao-Qin Yu.
    • Department of Orthodontics, Yan'an University Affiliated Stomatological Hospital, Yan'an.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Sep 1; 98 (39): e17324e17324.

    BackgroundThis study aims to assess the efficacy and safety of orthodontic and orthognathic treatment (OOT) for patients with oral and maxillofacial deformities (OMDF) systematically.MethodsThis study will comprehensively search Cochrane Library, PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, PsycINFO, Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure from their inceptions to the July 1, 2019. Grey literature will be explored via searching dissertations, Google scholar and conference abstracts. Two team members will independently perform all citations, data extraction, and methodological quality. We will also utilize RevMan 5.3 Software for statistical analysis.ResultsThis study will provide high quality evidence of OOT for OMDF. The primary outcomes consist of number of patients cured; proportion of patients healed; and time to complete healing within trial period. Secondary outcomes include quality of life (often assessed as any relevant scales, such as 36-Item Short Form Survey), costs, and complications.ConclusionThis study will provide evidence for judging whether OOT is effective treatment for OMDF.Systematic Review RegistrationCRD42019144610.

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