Evaluation of Awareness of Functional Jaw Orthopedics Appliances in Population: A Systematic Review

• Author Details:   
• Amol A. Verulkar ^*
• R. H. Kamble
• Sunita Srivastav
• Niyati Potode

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Background: The Functional jaw orthopedics appliances effectively correct the skeletal problems, but still majority of patients are not aware about these appliances
Objectives: to evaluate the literature regarding the awareness of functional jaw orthopedics appliances in population.
Search methods: A comprehensive search of electronic databases without language or time restrictions was undertaken, applying a pre-specified search strategy. Supplementary electronic searching of orthodontics journals and references list of included studies was performed.
Data sources: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and the Cochrane database of systematic reviews, PUB-MED and SCOPUS.
Study eligibility criteria: Participants-Population related to orthodontic treatment. Interventions - Functional jaw orthopedics appliances i.e internal growth modification appliances (e.g. myofunctional appliances) or external growth modification appliances (e.g. head gear)
Selection criteria: Randomized controlled trials (RCT) and non-randomized studies (NRS).We considered prospective and retrospective non-randomized studies. We did not consider other reviews, opinions, case series, case reports and in vitro studies.
Data collection and analysis: Three selection phases were carried out by two independent researchers. Initially, all titles were analyzed to eliminate irrelevant publications, review articles, case series, case reports, studies involving animals and in vitro studies. All abstracts of the selected publications were analyzed in first phase and the full texts of the articles were read in
second phase. After that studies were excluded as per eligibility criteria. A table was constructed with the data from final selected studies and the findings. The data considered for
Final table: author, year of publication, study design, study group, sample size, methods/measures, results of study and conclusion regarding functional jaw orthopedics.
Results: Search strategy resulted in the retrieval of 262 publications, only two studies were found to meet our criteria. These both studies are cross -sectional survey studies. All articles selected had a high risk of bias.
Conclusion: There is little evidence concerning the awareness of functional jaw orthopedics among the population. There is a need to enhance the awareness regarding functional jaw orthopedics. These results should be viewed with caution, as a definitive need for high-quality long-term research into this area is required.
Registration: PROSPERO (CRD42020180458)

Keywords: Functional jaw orthopedics, Awareness, Myofunctional appliance.