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Does orthodontic treatment have a permanent effect on tooth color? : A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Rita KamberSpyridon N PapageorgiouTheodore Eliades
Published in: Journal of orofacial orthopedics = Fortschritte der Kieferorthopadie : Organ/official journal Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Kieferorthopadie (2018)
Existing evidence of very low quality indicates that orthodontic treatment might be associated with alterations of tooth color, which are however not consistently clinically discernible. Treatment-induced color alterations might be dependent on bonding material and tooth type, but evidence supporting this is weak.
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