Twenty years of clear aligner therapy: a bibliometric analysis (2002-2022)
Publié en ligne: 14 août 2023
Pages: 15 - 31
Reçu: 01 févr. 2023
Accepté: 01 mai 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2023-0022
© 2023 Beiwen Gong et al., published by Sciendo
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Introduction
Clear aligner (CA) therapy has become popular worldwide but there is little research in the area from the perspective of bibliometrics. The present study aimed to identify the most impactful studies on CA over its 20 years of publishing since 2002.
Methods
The Web of Science database was used to retrieve study records on CA for the period between 2002 and 2022. Two authors manually screened the related studies. CiteSpace was used to analyse the country and institutional co-operation, keywords and citations with the strongest ‘burst’.
Results
The number of CA publications has increased and a total of 613 studies were included in the current analysis. The
Conclusions
The present analysis indicates that the treatment outcomes of CA therapy is the focus of current studies and provides developments for future research. The results provide an increased and comprehensive understanding of the state of the art of CA treatment.