Factors Affecting Decision-Making for Patients with Maxillary Lateral Incisors Agenesis: Systematic Review

Introduction: To open or to close the space of a missing maxillary lateral incisors remains a great challenge for the orthodontists. The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the factors affecting decision-making for patients with maxillary lateral incisors agenesis. Material and methods: Following the PRISMA guidelines, a systematic search was performed in several databases (Pub Med, Science direct, Cochrane Library) covering publications from 2010 to august 2022. Results: Based on the keywords, 56 bibliographical references were initially identified. After eliminating duplicate references, studying the titles and abstracts and then reading the full texts, 8 articles were included in this systematic review. Conclusion: Therapeutic decision-making is mainly based on the periodontal parameters and have shown that space closure is preferable when the two therapeutics are possible.