Jayapalan, Greeshma
Hansa, Ismaeel
Alzuhairy, Raghdah
Tai, Sandra
Marya, Anand
Adel, Samar M.
Vaiid, Nikhillesh
Article History
Received: 10 February 2025
Accepted: 11 November 2025
First Online: 4 December 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the institutional review board (IRB) of the European University College, Dubai (IRB No: EUC-IRB-18.11.15). The study only involved a non-identifying retrospective audit of patient records treated with a combination of clear aligners and premolar extractions.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no conflict of interest, except for Dr. Sandra Tai. We would like to inform the journal that Dr. Sandra Tai is a paid consultant for Invisalign- the aligners studied in this research. The funders had no role in the design of the study, the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data, the writing of the manuscript, or the decision to publish the results. All the remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.