Table 1.
General characteristics of the clinical trials assessed.
| Authors | Type of Study | Participants | Gender | Age in Years (Range) |
Clinical Indices | Duration of Follow-Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tufekci et al. (2008) [10] | Non-RCT | 47 | 20 M 27 F |
16.6 years * (10–64) |
PI, BI and MGI | 90 and 180 days |
| Chen et al. (2013) [11] | RCT | 79 | NR | 17.7 ± 3.9 years | PI, BI and MGI | 90 and 180 days |
| Goes et al. (2016) [13] | RCT | 30 | 4 M 26 F |
28.8 ± 3.28 years (10–40) |
VPI and GBI | 15 days |
| Alves et al. (2010) [15] | RCT | 30 | 10 M 20 F |
12–21 years | VPI and GI | 60 days |
| Akbulut ** (2020) [16] | Non-RCT | 38 (60 mini screws) | 18 M 20 F |
NR | MPI and MGI | 21 days |
| Bauer Faria et al. (2021) [17] | Non-RCT | 31 | 14 M 17 F |
19.96 years (12–35) |
GBI | 7 days |
* Refers to the age of the initial sample; ** There were 15 mini-screw implants per group. Number of patients was not reported; NR, Not reported; RCT, Randomized controlled trial; Non-RCT, Non-randomized controlled trial; M, Males; F, Females; PI, Plaque Index; VPI, Visible Plaque Index; MPI, Modified Plaque Index; BI, Bleeding Index; GBI, Gingival Bleeding Index; GI, Gingival Index; MGI, Modified Gingival Index.