SynthesisFrontiers in dental medicine2026
Occlusal conditions, postural control and plantar parameters in adults and growing subjects: a systematic review of objective assessment methods.
Synthesis in Frontiers in dental medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate whether occlusal conditions are associated with global postural control and plantar parameters when assessed using objective posturographic and pressure-based methods, with particular attention to differences between adult populations and growing subjects. Methods: A systematic review was conducted following PRISMA 2020 guidelines. Searches were performed in PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Embase, CINAHL, and Web of Science up to October 2025. Observational and experimental studies in humans assessing occlusal conditions in relation to instrument-based postural or plantar outcomes were included. Study selection, data extraction, and risk of bias (JBI) were conducted independently by two reviewers. Due to heterogeneity, findings were synthesized qualitatively. Certainty of evidence was evaluated using GRADE. Results: Seven studies were included. Outcomes comprised center-of-pressure metrics, postural sway, weight distribution, plantar pressure patterns, and balance performance. In adults, findings were inconsistent: under natural static conditions one study found no association while another reported significant static differences, and the remaining positive findings emerged mainly under experimental or task-specific conditions. The two studies in growing subjects yielded conflicting results (one larger study largely null, one positive), so the evidence does not support a more consistent association in this subgroup. Risk of bias related mainly to confounding and participant selection, and certainty of evidence was low to very low. Conclusions: Current evidence does not support a consistent relationship between occlusal conditions and global postural control. The two studies in growing subjects yielded conflicting findings, and the small number of studies, methodological heterogeneity, and low to very low certainty of the evidence preclude establishing a pediatric association or drawing firm clinical inferences. Systematic Review Registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=1266834, PROSPERO CRD420251266834.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.