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Comparison Between Skeletally-Anchored and Conventional Maxillary Protraction in Growing Class ΙΙΙ Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Clinical and experimental dental research · Papadopoulou CI, Paschaei N, Brunello G, Jungbauer R, Becker K · 2026-10-01

Researchers compared skeletal-anchored and conventional face-mask treatments for Class III growth problems in children, finding that skeletal anchoring produced slightly greater forward maxillary movement with noticeably fewer dental side effects like molar shifting and incisor tipping, though the skeletal advantage was modest.

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