Effectiveness of pre-surgical distraction osteogenesis and simultaneous distraction osteogenesis in temporomandibular joint ankyloses for mouth opening - A systematic review.

Abstract

The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the effectiveness of pre-surgical distraction osteogenesis and simultaneous distraction osteogenesis in temporomandibular joint ankyloses for mouth opening. A literature survey carried through Electronic search of PubMed, Google Scholar, Science Direct, Hinari  from the inceptions to the last access on 31/06/2019 was performed to locate randomized control trials, controlled clinical trials and retrospective studies that compared the effectiveness of pre-surgical distraction osteogenesis and simultaneous distraction osteogenesis in temporomandibular joint ankyloses for mouth opening. 716 studies were obtained from all information sources and screened. Out of which 683 studies were excluded and the remaining 32 articles were screened for abstract and 5 articles were screened for full text of which 6 were excluded and removed for being duplicates. Thus, left 1 study was qualitatively synthesized after screening of full articles.The study selected concluded that both the groups were effective in correcting the function. But due to lack of data, further multicentric research is required involving large sample size and concentrating on those parameters which are less addressed till now.