Are treatment effect assumptions in orthodontic studies overoptimistic?

Jadbinder Seehra Daniel Stonehouse-Smith Martyn T CobourneMichail TsagrisNikolaos Pandis

Published in: European journal of orthodontics (2021)

Careful consideration of the assumptions at the design stage of orthodontic studies are necessary in order to reduce the unreliability of clinical study results and research waste.

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