Year : 2019

Volume : Volume 10

Issue : Issue 2

Address for correspondence :
Dr. Collooru Madhuri.
CollooruMadhuri@gmail.com

Abstract

Background:  Dental implants conceptually required months for crown placement and functional recovery. Successful osseointegration encouraged many orthodontists to use dental implants as stationary anchorage units for force application. However, their use has some drawbacks, which led to the development of miniscrew implants (MIs). Hence the present study was undertaken to analyse the patients undergoing orthodontic miniimplants in a retrospective manner. Materials & methods: Data records of a total of 50 patients were analysed during the study period. Complete demographic details of all the patients were obtained. Both pre-treatment and post-treatment radiographs of all the patients were obtained. Only those patients were enrolled on whom orthodontic mini-implants were placed. Statistical evaluation included descriptive statistics and survival analysis. All the results were analysed by SPSS software.  Results: In 16 percent of the patients single mini-implant was placed, while in 52 percent of the patients 2 miniimplants were placed. Failure of mini-implants occurred in 20 percent of the patients. A correlation between patients with failed mini-implants and type of malocclusion was done and non-significant result was obtained.  Conclusion: The field of orthodontics has been greatly influenced by mini-implants. They helped in a better orthodontic treatment planning by providing best management of severe discrepancies. Also significant success rate was associated with them.

Keywords: Mini-implants, Orthodontic.