Baltic Dental and Maxillofacial Journal
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March, 2017, Vol. 19, No. 1

CONTENTS

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

The relationship between pathological wear of teeth and temporomandibular joint dysfunction
Egle Mickeviciute, Ausra Baltrusaityte, Gaivile Pileicikiene
3-9

REVIEW

Surgery-related factors affecting the stability of orthodontic mini implants screwed in alveolar process interdental spaces: a systematic literature review
Greta Gintautaitė, Alė Gaidytė
10-18

A review of PEEK polymer’s properties and its use in prosthodontics
Gediminas Skirbutis, Agnė Dzingutė, Viltė Masiliūnaitė, Gabrielė Šulcaitė, Juozas Žilinskas
19-23

CASE REPORT

Conservative management of large mandibular dentigerous cysts with a novel approach for follow up: Two case reports
Ieva Gendviliene, Paul Legrand, Laura Ferreira Pinheiro Nicolielo, Deepti Sinha, Yannick Spaey, Constantinus Politis, Reinhilde Jacobs
24-32

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Surgery-related factors affecting the stability of orthodontic mini implants screwed in alveolar process interdental spaces: a systematic literature review

Greta Gintautaitė1, Alė Gaidytė2

Summary

The ambiguous results of scientific researches on surgical factors affecting the stability of mini implants (MI) impels the physicians to constantly analyze this problem. The objective of this article was to conduct a systematic literature review about surgery related factors affecting the stability of MI screwed in alveolar process buccal surface between the second premolar and first molar roots based on peer reviewed publications of 2009-2015.
The Cochrane and PRISMA references were used while searching for scientific literature. Two data bases and scientific publications were browsed in the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences library. Criteria for article selection were: 1) research in which surgical factors affecting MI stability were analyzed, 2) research in which stability of MI screwed in alveolar process between adjacent teeth roots was analyzed, 3) research in which MI stability was analyzed in clinical practice, 4) articles which were published in 2009-2015. Selected articles were evaluated in accordance with methodical quality.
13 articles met the selection criteria of the research. 2652 MI screwed in 1205 people jawbones’ alveolar processes were analyzed in selected articles. The MI success rate was 87.7-97%. Root proximity was identified to be the main determinant of all MI success influencing surgical factors (MI and root contact determined a 9-26.7% failure rate). The results of this article confirm the sufficient MI stability rate in clinical practice and specifies root proximity as the main surgical factor affecting the MI stability.

Key words: mini-implant, temporary anchorage device, stability, success, failure.

Received: 19 03 2015

Accepted for publishing: 27 03 2017


1UAB Ortokoncepcija, Kaunas, Lithuania

2Clinic of Orthodontics, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Address correspondence to Greta Gintautaitė, UAB Ortokoncepcija, Archyvo 13, Kaunas, Lithuania.

E-mail address: ggintautaite@gmail.com