Open AccessMechanical stability assessment of novel orthodontic mini-implant designs: Part 2
Author(s) -
Christine Hong,
Peter An V. Truong,
Ha Na Song,
Benjamin M. Wu,
Won Moon
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the angle orthodontist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-7103
pISSN - 0003-3219
DOI - 10.2319/031011-176.1
Subject(s) - materials science , buccal administration , cone beam computed tomography , displacement (psychology) , initial stability , dentistry , torque , cortical bone , orthodontics , implant , biomedical engineering , medicine , computed tomography , anatomy , surgery , physics , psychology , psychotherapist , thermodynamics
To assess the mechanical stability of a newly revised orthodontic mini-implant design (N2) compared with a design introduced in Part 1 of the study (N1) and the most widely-used commercially-available design (CA). To evaluate the mean buccal bone thickness of maxillary and mandibular posterior teeth using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT).