Authors’ contributions
orthodontic
O.G. did the surgical intervention in the piezosurgery group, recruited all orthodontic patients, and analyzed the collected data. O.G. was also responsible for the interpretation of the results and writing up the first drafts of the paper and edited the manuscript. O.G controlled the orthodontic treatment for all recruited patients, did the statistical data analysis, interpreted the results. Y.A was the main supervisor of this project, helped in the piezosurgery procedures, and in the writing up of the first drafts of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final draft of this manuscript. G.M was a co-supervisor on this project and helped in controlling the orthodontic treatment. A.G. helped with the final manuscript.