Herbst and Twin Block Appliances in Class II Malocclusion Management: A Systematic Review

A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing the skeletal, dental, and soft tissue effects of Herbst and Twin Block functional appliances for treating Class II malocclusion in children. The document, authored by Franz Tito Coronel-Zubiate, synthesizes evidence from seven randomized controlled trials involving 548 participants. It was last updated in May 2026 and is published under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Comparing treatment outcomes between Herbst and Twin Block appliances based on the meta-analysis results
• Informing clinical decision-making for Class II malocclusion based on skeletal, dental, and soft tissue effect data
• Assessing the certainty of evidence for functional appliance use based on the GRADE evaluation
• Identifying research gaps in pediatric orthodontic treatment based on the systematic review findings

Strengths

• Includes a meta-analysis of seven randomized controlled trials, a robust study design
• Reports specific standardized mean differences for key outcomes like mentolabial angle and molar relationship
• Uses established methodological tools like Cochrane RoB 2.0 and GRADE for quality assessment

Limitations

• The dataset is a single 896.5 KB document; its scope is limited to the review's textual content
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials sourced from PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and EMBASE.

Time Range

Literature search conducted until January 30, 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 07:47:34