Splinting in horizontal root fractures: A Bayesian network meta-analysis

Tatiana Carvalho Kowaltschuk; Flávio Magno Gonçalves; Bianca Marques de Mattos de Araujo; Natália Teixeira da Silva Cruz; Angela Graciela Deliga Schroder; Bruna Belz Antoniazzi; Everdan Carneiro; Marisa Nogueira Alencar; Ulisses Xavier da Silva-Neto; Odilon Guariza-Filho; Cristiano Miranda de Araujo; Vânia Portela Ditzel Westphalen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0326979

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Splinting in horizontal root fractures: A Bayesian network meta-analysis

Tatiana Carvalho Kowaltschuk ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Tatiana Carvalho Kowaltschuk, Flávio Magno Gonçalves, Bianca Marques de Mattos de Araujo, Odilon Guariza-Filho, Cristiano Miranda de Araujo, Vânia Portela Ditzel Westphalen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: tatiana.kowa@hotmail.com

Current Address: Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Department of Endodontics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Affiliations Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Department of Endodontics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - NARSM, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9060-6852

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Flávio Magno Gonçalves ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Tatiana Carvalho Kowaltschuk, Flávio Magno Gonçalves, Bianca Marques de Mattos de Araujo, Odilon Guariza-Filho, Cristiano Miranda de Araujo, Vânia Portela Ditzel Westphalen

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Software

Current Address: Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – NARSM, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Affiliation Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - NARSM, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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Bianca Marques de Mattos de Araujo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Tatiana Carvalho Kowaltschuk, Flávio Magno Gonçalves, Bianca Marques de Mattos de Araujo, Odilon Guariza-Filho, Cristiano Miranda de Araujo, Vânia Portela Ditzel Westphalen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current Address: Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – NARSM, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Affiliations Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Department of Endodontics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - NARSM, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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Natália Teixeira da Silva Cruz ,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Current Address: Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – NARSM, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

¶‡ NTDC, AGDS, BBA, EC, MNA and UXDN also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - NARSM, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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Angela Graciela Deliga Schroder ,

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ NTDC, AGDS, BBA, EC, MNA and UXDN also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics, Tuiuti University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1852-8423

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Bruna Belz Antoniazzi ,

Roles Writing – original draft

Current Address: Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – NARSM, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

¶‡ NTDC, AGDS, BBA, EC, MNA and UXDN also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Undergraduate Program in Dentistry, Department of Endodontics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3787-3159

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Everdan Carneiro ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Current Address: Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Department of Endodontics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

¶‡ NTDC, AGDS, BBA, EC, MNA and UXDN also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Department of Endodontics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7883-5396

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Marisa Nogueira Alencar ,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Current Address: Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Department of Endodontics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

¶‡ NTDC, AGDS, BBA, EC, MNA and UXDN also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Department of Endodontics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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Ulisses Xavier da Silva-Neto ,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Current Address: Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Department of Endodontics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

¶‡ NTDC, AGDS, BBA, EC, MNA and UXDN also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Department of Endodontics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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Odilon Guariza-Filho ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Tatiana Carvalho Kowaltschuk, Flávio Magno Gonçalves, Bianca Marques de Mattos de Araujo, Odilon Guariza-Filho, Cristiano Miranda de Araujo, Vânia Portela Ditzel Westphalen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision

Current Address: Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – NARSM, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Affiliations Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - NARSM, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9799-1223

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Cristiano Miranda de Araujo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Tatiana Carvalho Kowaltschuk, Flávio Magno Gonçalves, Bianca Marques de Mattos de Araujo, Odilon Guariza-Filho, Cristiano Miranda de Araujo, Vânia Portela Ditzel Westphalen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current Address: Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – NARSM, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Affiliations Center for Advanced Studies in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - NARSM, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics, Tuiuti University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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Vânia Portela Ditzel Westphalen

Contributed equally to this work with: Tatiana Carvalho Kowaltschuk, Flávio Magno Gonçalves, Bianca Marques de Mattos de Araujo, Odilon Guariza-Filho, Cristiano Miranda de Araujo, Vânia Portela Ditzel Westphalen

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Current Address: Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Department of Endodontics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Department of Endodontics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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Splinting in horizontal root fractures: A Bayesian network meta-analysis

Tatiana Carvalho Kowaltschuk,
Flávio Magno Gonçalves,
Bianca Marques de Mattos de Araujo,
Natália Teixeira da Silva Cruz,
Angela Graciela Deliga Schroder,
Bruna Belz Antoniazzi,
Everdan Carneiro,
Marisa Nogueira Alencar,
Ulisses Xavier da Silva-Neto,
Odilon Guariza-Filho

Published: June 26, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326979

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