Effects of cortical bone thickness and trabecular bone density on primary stability of orthodontic mini-implants

• Main Authors: Chin-Yun Pan (Author), Pao-Hsin Liu (Author), Yu-Chuan Tseng (Author), Szu-Ting Chou (Author), Chao-Yi Wu (Author), Hong-Po Chang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/purpose: Mini-implant screws are now routinely used as anchorage devices in orthodontic treatments. This study used synthetic bone models to investigate how the primary stability of an orthodontic mini-implant (OMI) as measured by resonance frequency (RF) is affected by varying cortical b...