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      Orthodontic Implants: Concepts for the Orthodontic Practitioner

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          Orthodontic implants have become a reliable method in orthodontic practice for providing temporary additional anchorage. These devices are useful to control skeletal anchorage in less compliant patients or in cases where absolute anchorage is necessary. There are a great number of advantages in this new approach which include easy insertion, decreased patient discomfort, low price, immediate loading, reduced diameter, versatility in the forces to be used, ease of cleaning, and ease of removal. However, a proper management of the screws by the practitioner is necessary in order to increase the success rate of the technique. The purpose of this paper is to update practitioners on the current concepts of orthodontic implants and orthodontic mechanics.

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          Mini-implant for orthodontic anchorage.

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            Factors affecting the clinical success of screw implants used as orthodontic anchorage.

            The purposes of this study were to examine the success rates and find factors affecting the clinical success of screw implants used as orthodontic anchorage. Eighty-seven consecutive patients (35 male, 52 female; mean age, 15.5 years) with a total of 227 screw implants of 4 types were examined. Success rates during a 15-month period of force application were determined according to 18 clinical variables. The overall success rate was 91.6%. The clinical variables of screw-implant factors (type, diameter, and length), local host factors (occlusogingival positioning), and management factors (angle of placement, onset and method of force application, ligature wire extension, exposure of screw head, and oral hygiene) did not show any statistical differences in success rates. General host factors (age, sex) had no statistical significance. Mobility, jaw (maxilla or mandible), and side of placement (right or left), and inflammation showed significant differences in success rates. Mobility, the right side of the jaw, and the mandible were the relative risk factors in the logistic regression analysis when excluding mobility, inflammation around the screw implants was added to the risk factors. To minimize the failure of screw implants, inflammation around the implant must be controlled, especially for screws placed in the right side of the mandible.
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              The use of miniscrew implants for temporary skeletal anchorage in orthodontics: a comprehensive review.

              Though not a novel therapeutic concept, the use of miniscrew implants to obtain absolute anchorage has recently become very popular in clinical orthodontic approaches. The mode of anchorage facilitated by these implant systems has a unique characteristic owing to their temporary use, which results in a transient, albeit absolute anchorage. The foregoing properties together with the recently achieved simple application of these screws have increased their popularity, establishing them as a necessary treatment option in complex cases that would have otherwise been impossible to treat. The aim of this comprehensive review is to present and discuss the development, clinical use, benefits, and drawbacks of the miniscrew implants used to obtain a temporary but absolute/skeletal anchorage for orthodontic applications. Topics to be discussed include classification, types and properties (e.g., biocompatibility, osseointegration, types of anchorage, screw head, and thread design), clinical applications, site and placement method selection, clinical procedures for implant insertion, and loading and removal processes. Lastly, the potential complications and the advantages and disadvantages accompanying their use are presented.
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                Journal
                Int J Dent
                Int J Dent
                IJD
                International Journal of Dentistry
                Hindawi Publishing Corporation
                1687-8728
                1687-8736
                2012
                11 November 2012
                : 2012
                : 549761
                Affiliations
                1Biomaterials Laboratory, Military Institute of Engineering, 22290-270 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
                2Department of Orthodontics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 21941-617 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
                Author notes
                *Carlos Nelson Elias: elias@ 123456ime.eb.br

                Academic Editor: Timo Sorsa

                Article
                10.1155/2012/549761
                3502859
                23209470
                c722c560-7c8f-4de7-92ce-0cd7470c9a1f
                Copyright © 2012 Carlos Nelson Elias et al.

                This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

                History
                : 20 July 2012
                : 24 September 2012
                : 18 October 2012
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                Dentistry
                Dentistry

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