In this review, typical clinical complications involving periodontal tissues are illustrated that
can be encountered in conjunction with orthodontic therapy (OT). Special considerations are …

Orthodontic treatment aims at providing an acceptable functional and aesthetic occlusion
with appropriate tooth movements. These movements are strongly related to interactions of …

Objectives Orthodontic treatment is highly popular for restoring functional and facial
esthetics in juveniles and adults. As a downside, prevalence of biofilm-related complications …

Objective: The aim of the present systematic review was to evaluate the periodontal tissue
inflammation indexes in patients undergoing different orthodontic treatment. Method and …

Background: In the past few decades, more patients have been treated orthodontically, but
no longitudinal study has compared orthodontic bands and brackets microbiologically and …

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of bracket type (conventional and self-
ligating) on the levels of Streptococcus mutans and total bacterial counts in whole saliva of …

Structured Abstract Authors–Pandis N, Vlachopoulos K, Polychronopoulou A, Madianos P,
Eliades T Objectives–To explore whether the use of self‐ligating brackets is associated with …

The aim of this longitudinal study was to monitor patients' microbiological and clinical
parameters from bracket placement up to 3 months post-treatment. Twenty-four patients (10 …

Aims: To review the literature on the periodontal implications of malocclusion and fixed
orthodontic appliances. Methods: The PubMed database was searched for original articles …

Background Insertion of orthodontic fixed appliances has been known to induce a mostly
transient qualitative and quantitative alteration of the intraoral microbiota. However, the …