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Table 2 Literature overview of post-operative orthodontic treatment in the surgery-first approach

From: Current status of the surgery-first approach (part I): concepts and orthodontic protocols

Authors (year)

Bracket bonding before surgery

Arch wire placement before surgery

Use of skeletal anchorage for IMF

Duration of splint use

Initiation of post-operative orthodontic treatment after surgery

Use of inter-maxillary elastic for decompensation

Baek et al. (2010)

Using bracket or without bracket

Passive surgical wires

NR

4 weeks

4 weeks

Not clear (use of class III mechanics)

Liao et al. (2010)

1 month (022 slot)

1–3 days (016X022 NiTi)

NR

NR

Immediately after surgery

Class II elastics

Wang et al. (2010)

1–2 weeks (022 slot)

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Ko et al. (2011)

Before surgery

016 SS

NR

NR

Not clear (immediately after surgery)

NR

Hermandez-Alfaro et al. (2014)

1 week

1 day (soft wire)

4–8 mini-screws

2 weeks (only for maxillary segmental surgery)

2 weeks

Not clear (“Z” elastics for maxillary segmental surgery)

Kim et al. (2014)

Before surgery

Passive wires

NR

4–6 weeks (with intermaxillary elastics)

NR (4–6 weeks?)

NR

Kim et al. (2014)

NR

2–3 weeks (surgical wire)

NR

2 weeks with IMF + 2 weeks with class II elastics (for physiotherapy)

2 ± 1 months

NR

Choi et al. (2015)

Using bracket or without bracket

Passive surgical wires

NR

NR

NR

NR

  1. NR not reported, NiTi nickel-titanium, SS stainless steel, IMF intermaxillary fixation