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Review

A Brief Review on Micro-Implants and Their Use in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics

by
Sorana-Maria Bucur
1,
Luminița Ligia Vaida
2,*,
Cristian Doru Olteanu
3,* and
Vittorio Checchi
4
1
Faculty of Medicine, Dimitrie Cantemir University of Târgu Mureș, 3-5 Bodoni Sandor Str., 540545 Târgu-Mureș, Romania
2
Department of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 1 Universității Str., 410087 Oradea, Romania
3
Faculty of Dental Medicine, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8 Babeș Str., 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
4
Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences Related to Transplant, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(22), 10719; https://doi.org/10.3390/app112210719
Submission received: 19 October 2021 / Revised: 9 November 2021 / Accepted: 11 November 2021 / Published: 13 November 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dental Materials: Latest Advances and Prospects)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to review the literature and evaluate the failure rates and factors that affect the stability and success of temporary anchorage devices (TADs) used as orthodontic anchorage. Data was collected from electronic databases: MEDLINE database and Google Scholar. Four combinations of term were used as keywords: “micro-implant”, “mini-implant”, “mini-screw”, and “orthodontics”. The following selection criteria were used to select appropriate articles: articles on implants and screws used as orthodontic anchorage, published in English, with both prospective and retrospective clinical and experimental investigations. The search provided 209 abstracts about TADs used as anchorage. After reading and applying the selection criteria, 66 articles were included in the study. The data obtained were divided into two topics: which factors affected TAD success rate and to what degree and in how many articles they were quoted. Clinical factors were divided into three main groups: patient-related, implant related, and management-related factors. Although all articles included in this meta-analysis reported success rates of greater than 80 percent, the factors determining success rates were inconsistent between the studies analyzed and this made conclusions difficult.
Keywords: micro-implants; orthodontics; success rate; insertion; loading; biocompatibility; compliance micro-implants; orthodontics; success rate; insertion; loading; biocompatibility; compliance

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Bucur, S.-M.; Vaida, L.L.; Olteanu, C.D.; Checchi, V. A Brief Review on Micro-Implants and Their Use in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 10719. https://doi.org/10.3390/app112210719

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Bucur S-M, Vaida LL, Olteanu CD, Checchi V. A Brief Review on Micro-Implants and Their Use in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(22):10719. https://doi.org/10.3390/app112210719

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Bucur, Sorana-Maria, Luminița Ligia Vaida, Cristian Doru Olteanu, and Vittorio Checchi. 2021. "A Brief Review on Micro-Implants and Their Use in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics" Applied Sciences 11, no. 22: 10719. https://doi.org/10.3390/app112210719

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Bucur, S.-M., Vaida, L. L., Olteanu, C. D., & Checchi, V. (2021). A Brief Review on Micro-Implants and Their Use in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics. Applied Sciences, 11(22), 10719. https://doi.org/10.3390/app112210719

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