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<italic>Background</italic>: Intrusion of the maxillary molars is difficult to accomplish using traditional methods of anchorage.
<italic>Aims</italic>: To describe methods of maxillary molar intrusion with the aid of micro-implants.
<italic>Methods</italic>: Micro-implants provide stable intra-oral anchorage and enable the maxillary molars to be intruded without the usual side effects. Three adult patients are presented showing how micro-implants can be used to intrude the maxillary molars. In the first patient micro-implants were placed in the alveolar process between the second premolar and first molar, in the second patient micro-implants were placed in the palatal alveolar process between the first and second molars, and in the third patient a micro-implant was placed in the palate paramedially. A transpalatal bar was used to prevent bucco- or linguoversion of the molars during intrusion.
<italic>Conclusions</italic>: The maxillary molars can be intruded with intra-oral anchorage derived from microscrew implants.
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Background: Intrusion of the maxillary molars is difficult to accomplish using traditional methods of anchorage.
Aims: To describe methods of maxillary molar intrusion with the aid of micro-implants.
Methods: Micro-implants provide stable intra-oral anchorage and enable the maxillary molars to be intruded without the usual side effects. Three adult patients are presented showing how micro-implants can be used to intrude the maxillary molars. In the first patient micro-implants were placed in the alveolar process between the second premolar and first molar, in the second patient micro-implants were placed in the palatal alveolar process between the first and second molars, and in the third patient a micro-implant was placed in the palate paramedially. A transpalatal bar was used to prevent bucco- or linguoversion of the molars during intrusion.
Conclusions: The maxillary molars can be intruded with intra-oral anchorage derived from microscrew implants.

Maxillary molar intrusion with micro-implant anchorage (MIA)

Australasian Orthodontic Journal

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Background: Intrusion of the maxillary molars is difficult to accomplish using traditional methods of anchorage.
Aims: To describe methods of maxillary molar...

Maxillary molar intrusion with micro-implant anchorage (MIA)

Published Online: Dec 13, 2023

Page range: 129 - 135

Received: Jan 01, 2005

Accepted: Aug 01, 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2005-0016

© 2005 Hyo-Sang Park et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.