Morphological evaluation of the active tip of six types of orthodontic mini-implants

• Main Authors: Flávia Mitiko Fernandes Kitahara-Céia (Author), Tatiana Féres Assad-Loss (Author), José Nelson Mucha (Author), Carlos Nelson Elias (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Dental Press Editora, 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To morphologically evaluate the active tip of six different types of self-drilling mini-implants for orthodontic anchorage. METHODS: Images of the active tips of the mini-implants were obtained with a Zeiss optical microscope, Stemi 200-C with magnification of 1.6X. The images of the surf...