The evidence from systematic reviews and meta-analyses published in orthodontic literature. Where do we stand? Despina Koletsi*, Padhraig S. Fleming**, Theodore Eliades*** and Nikolaos Pandis****,*****
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*Department of Orthodontics, University of Athens, Greece and Private Practice, Athens, Greece, **Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK, ***Clinic of Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland, ****Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Dental School/Medical Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland, *****Private Practice, Corfu, Greece
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