Evaluation of expansion forces of five pure bone-borne maxillary expander designs anchored with orthodontic mini-implants: An in vitro study.

Aim: This in vitro study investigates the limit of expansion forces and torque wrench forces developed by five skeletal bone expander designs (MICRO 2/4 expanders™) for clinical application.

Material And Methods: A total of 30 skeletal expanders were placed in artificial bone blocks and mechanically tested, simulating maxillary expansion. Differences in jackscrew (Dentaurum™ [D], Superscrew™ [S] and Powerscrew™ [P]), number of orthodontic mini-implants (OMIs; two or four) and their placement inclinations (parallel 0° or 10° inclination) form five designs (D4/10°, S4/0°, S4/10°, P4/10° and P2/10°).

The efficiency of molar distalization using clear aligners and mini-implants: Two clinical cases.

When using clear aligners, if distalization greater than 3mm is required, there is no real predictable procedure to follow. The aim of this article is to show with two clinical cases the biomechanics of distalizing lower molars with mini-implant anchorage and aligners.

Correction of mandibular deviation and maxillary occlusal canting with mandibular "early" surgery and microscrews: Two case reports.

Facial asymmetry is a common complaint in patients with facial concerns. Some patients have mandibular asymmetries that have light maxillary cant compensation due to a reduced gingival exposure. A common treatment in facial asymmetries is bimaxillary surgery treatment.

Engineered Functional Redundancy Relaxes Selective Constraints upon Endogenous Genes in Viral RNA Genomes.

Functional redundancy, understood as the functional overlap of different genes, is a double-edge sword. At the one side, it is thought to serve as a robustness mechanism that buffers the deleterious effect of mutations hitting one of the redundant copies, thus resulting in pseudogenization. At the other side, it is considered as a source of genetic and functional innovation.

Stability of the anterior arm of three different Hyrax hybrid expanders: an in vitro study.

Introduction: The force applied to the teeth by fixed orthopaedic expanders has previously been studied, but not the force applied to the orthodontic mini-implant (OMI) used to expand the maxilla with Hyrax hybrid expanders (HHE).

Objective: The aim of this article was to evaluate the clinical safety of the components (OMI, abutment and double wire arms) of three different force-transmitting systems (FTS) for conducting orthopaedic maxillary expansion: Jeil Medical & Tiger Dental™, Microdent™ and Ortholox™.

Methods: For the realization of this in vitro study of the resistance to mechanical load, three different abutment types (bonded, screwed on, and coupling) and three different OMIs' diameters (Jeil™ 2.