Luminita Lazar, Alexandru Vlasa, Liana Beresescu, Anamaria Bud, Ana Petra Lazar, Larisa Matei, Eugen Bud
Although treatment with fixed or mobile appliances has become an important part of modern orthodontics, side effects such as white spot lesions (WSLs) have a negative impact on the aesthetic outcome of orthodontic treatment. The purpose of this article was to review current evidence on the diagnosis, risk assessment, prevention, management and post-orthodontic treatment of these lesions. Data collection was performed electronically, and the initial search using the keywords "white spot lesions", "orthodontics", "WSL", "enamel" and "demineralization" in different combinations resulted in 1032 articles for the two electronic databases used...
February 28, 2023: Journal of Clinical Medicine