Dental vibration appliance

Dental vibration appliances, sold under the brand name AcceleDent, OrthoAccel, and Tooth Masseuse, are devices that apply vibration called "micropulses" to dental braces and are claimed to thus speed tooth movement.<ref> Evidence as of 2015 was unclear if the appliances were able to accomplish this.<ref name=El2015>,

 Non-surgical adjunctive interventions for accelerating tooth movement in patients undergoing fixed orthodontic treatment., 
 The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 
 
 
 pp. CD010887,
 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010887.pub2,
 PMID: 26576758,
 PMC: 6464986,</ref>

There have been few studies looking into the devices' safety and effectiveness. It is therefore not possible to determine if they speed tooth movement.

References

<ref>Miles P, Smith H, Weyant R, Rinchuse DJ. The effects of a vibrational appliance on tooth movement and patient discomfort: a prospective randomised clinical trial. Aust Orthod J. 2012 Nov;28(2):213-8. PMID: 23304970.</ref>

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