Previsibilidade das movimentações ortodônticas e tempo de tratamento utilizando alinhadores: revisão bibliográfica

Abstract

This study aimed to review the existing knowledge about the predictability of orthodontic movements and treatment time using aligners. Works were analyzed by authors of excellence who discussed ideas regarding transparent aligners in the PubMed, Google Academic and Scielo scientific bases. Therefore, the review presents approaches to obtain a general understanding about this orthodontic therapy, the importance of this modality, the possible movements and their accuracy, the disadvantages of this type of treatment and the entire methodology around the aligners. Based on the surveys obtained, the literature indicates that treatment using aligners, despite ensuring aesthetics and comfort for the patient, a range of efficient orthodontic movements, among other advantages, it may have some specific difficulties for certain cases such as rotation of rounded teeth, as canine and premolars, torque, correction of deep bite and closing of spaces generated by extractions. Regarding the treatment time using aligners, it is a variable measurement depending on the type of movement required and the severity of the case, thus highlighting the importance and need for scientific knowledge to carry out and propose orthodontic therapy with transparent devices, and thus pointing out possible directions for future research