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An Anesthesia, Surgery, and Harvest Method for the Evaluation of Transpedicular Screws Using an In Vivo Porcine Lumbar Spine Model
Published on: May 31, 2017
Clinical application and histological examination of the FAMI screw for skeletal anchorage--a pilot study
Bernhard Böhm1, Robert Fuhrmann
1Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Poliklinik für Kieferorthopädie, Grosse Steinstr. 19, 06108, Halle, Germany. bernhard.boehm@medizin.uni-halle.de
Abstract:
Maximum anchorage often presents a problem that is difficult to solve during orthodontic tooth movement. Stationary, skeletal anchorage can be achieved in a simple, minimally-invasive manner, and unwanted tooth movements in opposite directions can be prevented by using transmucosally-inserted bone screws. Our initial experience using the FAMI screw as an orthodontic micro-implant proved to be clinically and histologically successful.
