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. 2024 Nov 22;27(12):111458. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.111458

Table 2.

A summary of the researches on the effect of fixed appliances on oral microbiome in dental plaque and other habitats


Appliances
Groups Collection samples Time points Microbial detection techniques Related parameters Reference
FA GOH group;
POH group;
POH/WSL group
Saliva;
Supragingival plaque
3 months The counts of the CFUs of Candida species, Streptococcus mutans, and Lactobacilli DMFT Klaus et al.56
FA FA group Saliva;
Supragingival plaque
T0 (baseline),
T1 (1 month)
metagenomic sequencing GI, PLI, PD Jing et al.60
FA FA group Saliva;
Supragingival plaque
T0 (baseline),
T1 (1 week),
T2 (6 weeks),
T3 (12 weeks)
RNA sequencing BOP, GI, PD, PLI Babikow et al.48
FA;
CA
FA group (buccal);
FA group (lingual);
CA group (buccal);
CA group (lingual);
Supragingival plaque (buccal and lingual sides) >6 months 16s rDNA sequencing Xie et al.74
FA WSL group;
Control group
Supragingival plaque 6-12 months 16S rRNA sequencing Yang et al.50
FA;
CA
FA group;
CA group;
Supragingival plaque;
Plaque from CA tray
T0 (baseline),
T1 (1 month),
T2 (3 months),
T3 (6 months),
T4 (12 months)
16S rRNA sequencing GI, PLI Shokeen et al.75
FA FA group GCF;
Supragingival plaque
T0 (baseline),
T1 (during the treatment)
Mass spectroscopy; PCR DMFT, GI, PLI Marincak Vrankova et al.76
FA;
CA
FA group;
CA group
Supragingival plaque 3-6 months AST;
VITEK 2
Pellissari et al.77
FA band group;
bonded tube group
Supragingival plaque T0 (intervals during treatment),
T1 (up to 1 year after appliance removal)
Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and 16S rDNA microarray Ireland et al.78
FA band group;
bonded tube group
Subgingival plaque T0 (baseline),
T1 (4–7 weeks)
DNA-strip tehnique Mártha et al.79
FA FA group;
Control group
Subgingival plaque T0 (baseline),
T1 (6 weeks),
T2 (12 weeks)
16S rRNA sequencing PD, GR, CAL, BOP Chen et al.80
FA FA group Subgingival plaque T0 (baseline),
T1 (1 month),
T2 (3 months)
16S rRNA sequencing PLI, GBI Guo et al.81
FA;
CA
FA group;
CA group
Subgingival plaque T0 (baseline),
T1 (3 months),
T2 (6 months)
Phase-contrast microscope analysis Caccianiga et al.82
FA FA group Subgingival plaque T0 (baseline),
T1 (12 months)
Checkerboard DNA-DNA hybridization PLI, PD, CAL Lemos et al.83
FA FA group;
Control group
Subgingival plaque T0 (baseline),
T1 (1 month),
T2 (2 months),
T3 (3 months),
T4 (6 months)
PCR GI, fimA genotypes of Porphyromonas gingivalis Pan et al.84
FA FA group;
Control group
Subgingival plaque T0 (baseline),
T1 (10 days after debonding)
PCR GBI, PLI Yáñez-Vico et al.85
FA FA group;
Control group
Subgingival plaque T0 (debonding),
T1 (1 month after debonding),
T2 (3 months after debonding)
Real-time PCR GI, PD, SBI Pan et al.86
FA Placement group;
Removal group
Subgingival plaque T0 (baseline),
T1 (1 month after placement/removal),
T1 (3 months after placement/removal)
PCR Sandić et al.87
FA SLB group;
CB group
GCF T0 (baseline),
T1 (30 days),
T2 (60 days)
CTAB-DNA precipitation method;
Real-time PCR
Bergamo et al.88
FA Control group;
The second group (pregnant women who had previously used FAs);
The third group (pregnant women with current FAs)
Mucosal swabs qPCR OHI-S Kurniawan et al.89
FA Metal bracket group;
Ceramic bracket group
Mucosal swabs T0 (baseline),
T1 (1 month),
T2 (6 months),
T3 (1 year),
T4 (6 months after debonding)
Candida albicans counts Sanz-Orrio-Soler et al.90
FA FA group Mucous membrane of dorsal tongue swabs Gavrilova et al.91
FA FA group Oral rinses and elastomeric ligature samples T0 (baseline),
T1 (2 weeks),
T2 (6 weeks),
T3 (12 weeks)
SEM;
Candida albicans counts
API, GBI Grzegocka et al.92

FA: fixed appliances; GOH: good oral hygiene; POH: poor oral hygiene; POH/WSL: poor oral hygiene with white spot lesions; CFU: colony forming unit; DMFT: decayed, missing and filled teeth index; GI: gingival index; PLI: plaque index; PD: probing depth; BOP: bleeding on probing; CA: clear aligner; GCF: gingival crevicular fluid; CB: conventional bracket; SLB: self-ligating bracket; PCR: polymerase chain reaction; AST/VITEK 2: microbial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing; GR: gingival recession; CAL: clinical attachment level; SBI: sulcus bleeding index; qPCR: quantitative real-time PCR; OHI-S: simplified oral hygiene index; SEM: scanning electron microscopy; API: approximal plaque index.