BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the most desirable force system to achieve molar protraction from an interdental miniscrew minimizing side-effects. Several iterations of force delivery were simulated through variations in the height of a miniscrew, length of a molar extension arm, and incorporation of a lingual force. MATERIALS/METHODS A three-dimensional mesh mod...

INTRODUCTION Anchorage control in patients with severe skeletal Class II malocclusion is a difficult problem in orthodontic treatment. In adults, treatment often requires premolar extractions and maximum anchorage. Recently, incisor retraction with miniscrew anchorage has become a new strategy for treating skeletal Class II patients. METHODS In this study, we compared treatment outcomes of pa...

BACKGROUND Stability is determined as one of the requirements in use of Temporary Anchorage Devices (TAD) in orthodontics. Miniscrew has been a widely used Bone Anchor. Compared with mini-implant that necessitates osseointegration; mechanical retention is a determining factor for primary stability of miniscrew. Studies investigated various ways to increase primary stability. The aim of this stu...

The aim of this study was to identify the levels of interleukin (IL)-2, IL-6, and IL-8 around miniscrews used for anchorage during canine distalization. Sixteen patients (eight males and eight females; mean age, 16.6 ± 2.4 years) who were treated with bilateral upper first premolar extractions were included in the study. Thirty-two maxillary miniscrew implants were placed bilaterally in the alv...

Miniscrew implants have proven to be effective in providing absolute orthodontic anchorage. However, as self-drilling miniscrew implants have become more popular, a problem has emerged, i.e. root contact, which can lead to perforation and other root injuries. To avoid possible root damage, a surgical guide was fabricated and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) was used to incorporate guide tub...

In recent times, the use of miniscrew implants to obtain absolute anchorage has gained momentum in clinical orthodontics as rigid anchorage modality. Miniscrew implants offers many advantages when used as temporary anchorage devices like, easy placement and removal, immediate loading, can be used in a variety of locations, provide absolute anchorage, economic and requires less patient cooperati...

The iPanda is fabricated on the patient’s working cast. An .035" round stainless steel wire is bent with a Young plier to produce a 12mm-long, 2mm-wide loop, which is then customized to create a self-locking system between the iPanda and the midpalatal miniscrew heads. This system allows easy and quick connection to and removal from the miniscrews without the need for ligatures or composite mat...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that palatal bone is not able to support titanium miniscrews (11 mm in length and 2 mm in diameter) when subjected to forces normally generated during orthodontic treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS The miniscrew-palatal bone system was modeled and analyzed using the commercial finite element method software ANSYS Multiphysics 10.0; tests were done in both a stat...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to analyze stress distributions in the roots, periodontal ligaments (PDLs), and bones around cylindrical and tapered miniscrews inserted at different angles using a finite element analysis. METHODS We created a three-dimensional (3D) maxilla model of a dentition with extracted first premolars and used 2 types of miniscrews (tapered and cylindrical) with...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of microgrooves on orthodontic miniscrews in terms of success rate and soft tissue adaptation in animal experiments. MATERIALS AND METHODS The sample consisted of a non-microgroove (NMG) group and a microgroove group (MG; 50 microm pitch and 10 microm depth microgroove on the upper surface of the miniscrew). Miniscrews of 1.6 mm diameter and 6.0 mm length were...