Optimal palatal configuration for miniscrew applications.

Objective: To test the hypothesis that palatal bone is not able to support titanium miniscrews (11 mm in length and 2 mm in diameter) when subjected to forces normally generated during orthodontic treatment.

Materials And Methods: The miniscrew-palatal bone system was modeled and analyzed using the commercial finite element method software ANSYS Multiphysics 10.0; tests were done in both a state of total osseointegration and in the absence of it.