ArticleClinical oral investigations2021
Accuracy of fully guided orthodontic mini-implant placement evaluated by cone-beam computed tomography: a study involving human cadaver heads.
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- Impact of Autoclaving on the Dimensional Stability of 3D-Printed Guides for Orthodontic Mini-Implant Insertion - An In Vitro Study.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2025Article
- Evaluation of safe areas for miniscrew use according to various skeletal anomalies with CBCT.Clinical oral investigations · 2023Article
- Accuracy of Palatal Orthodontic Mini-Implants Placed Using Fully Digital Planned Insertion Guides: A Cadaver Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Miniscrews position for a tissue bone borne palatal C-expander affects the displacement pattern of nasomaxillary complex: a finite element study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Can computer-guided surgery help orthodontics in miniscrew insertion and corticotomies? A narrative review.Frontiers in oral health · 2023Review
- Effect of thermal osteonecrosis around implants in the rat tibia: numerical and histomorphometric results in context of implant removal.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Feasibility analysis of an ultrasound on line diagnostic approach for oral and bone surgery.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of fully guided orthodontic mini-implant (OMI) placements supported by tooth- (TBGs) or gingiva-borne silicone guides (GBGs) based on virtually superimposed lateral cephalograms on virtual plaster models. MATERIALS AND
methodsLateral cephalograms and corresponding plaster models were virtually superimposed for the planning of OMI positions; fully guided TBGs and GBGs were fabricated (each, n = 10). A total of 40 OMIs were inserted in a paramedian position into the palate of 20 human cadavers. Postoperative cone-beam computer tomographies (CBCTs) were carried out, and an accuracy evaluation was performed by comparing preoperative planning models and postoperative CBCTs. Deviations of the axis, tip, centre of the shoulder and vertical position of each of the implants were evaluated. Furthermore, the transfer accuracy measured by postoperative CBCT scans were compared with the accuracy determined using an intraoral scanner.
resultsA significant deviation between TBGs (2.81° SD 2.69) and GBGs (6.22° SD 4.26) regarding implant angulation was evaluated (p = 0.005). Implant tip and implant shoulder deviations revealed no statistical differences between the guides. Accuracy values of oral scans regarding vertical deviations were significantly more inaccurate when compared with CBCTs (p < 0.001).
conclusionsThe accuracy of an OMI position can be significantly increased by using a guide extension over the teeth. Vertical implant positions presented the lowest deviations. Postoperative oral scans and CBCTs represent diverging accuracy measurements when compared with virtual planning. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Users must keep in mind that despite virtual planning deviations, inaccuracies of a few millimetres may occur.
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