The benefits of using anchorage miniplates: are they compatible with everyday orthodontic practice?

Nowadays, it is difficult to ignore the major role played by orthodontic anchorage. Given our convictions and after several years of using these systems, we believe it is time to take stock. Is there any real benefit to using them? And if so, when? What systems should we use? Miniscrews or miniplates? What are the indications for each of these systems? Are they compatible with everyday orthodontic practice? In a nutshell, are these orthodontic anchorage devices myth or practical reality?

[Hyperactivity of the muscles of the lip and chin and indications for surgery to reduce it].

Hyperactivity of the muscles controlling the lower lip and chin (muscles of the chin, buccinator, orbicularis, etc.) can be demonstrated at different levels of the muscular complex and may act as an elastic force against the mandibular alveolar process. Dysfunction in this region may lead to reduction of the alveolar bone quantity, reducing the tooth-bone equilibrium.