Patients with various malocclusions in which any forward movement of the molars would prevent achievement of an ideal Class I canine relationship were randomly allocated to either the headgear or the ...

Patients may require orthodontic treatment to realign teeth. Small screws can be inserted into the jaw bone to create points of anchorage against which a variety of connecting prostheses used to ...

AIM: To compare two anchorage techniques in facilitating maxillary forward development in mild to moderate maxillary retrognathism. METHODS: An electronic search of the literature was systematically ...

Cone-beam CT (CBCT) enables better visualization of miniscrew implants when they are used as temporary anchorage devices (TADs) for orthodontic treatment, according to a study in the American Journal ...

Some orthodontic procedures require a fixed anchorage point to which a force can be applied in order to move teeth that are malpositioned, misaligned or impacted. The teeth requiring realignment may ...