Review Article

The Role of Mandibular Third Molars on Lower Anterior Teeth Crowding and Relapse after Orthodontic Treatment: A Systematic Review

Table 1

Literature review search flow chart.

StepsKey wordsSelections

1“third molar” [MeSH] OR “third molar” [Text Word] OR “third molars” [MeSH] OR “third molars” [Text Word] OR “wisdom tooth” [MeSH] OR “wisdom tooth” [Text Word] OR “wisdom teeth” [MeSH] OR “wisdom teeth” [Text Word]8176
2“relapse” [MeSH] OR “relapse” [Text Word] OR “anterior crowding” [MeSH] OR “anterior crowding” [Text Word] OR “alignment” [MeSH] OR “alignment” [Text Word] OR “post retention” [MeSH] OR “post retention” [Text Word] OR “incisor relapse” [MeSH] OR “incisor relapse” [Text Word] OR “incisor crowding” [MeSH] OR “incisor crowding” [Text Word] OR “anterior post retention” [MeSH] OR “anterior post retention” [Text Word] 327628
3Combining 1 and 2117
43 limited to English and human96
54 title and abstract based selection (topic, original studies)26
65 references hand search+5
75 + 6 controlled trials12