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  • Title: Effect of miniscrew angulation on anchorage resistance.
    Author: Woodall N, Tadepalli SC, Qian F, Grosland NM, Marshall SD, Southard TE.
    Journal: Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop; 2011 Feb; 139(2):e147-52. PubMed ID: 21300225.
    Abstract:
    INTRODUCTION: Even though the use of titanium miniscrews to provide orthodontic anchorage has become increasingly popular, there is no universally accepted screw-placement protocol. Variables include the presence or absence of a pilot hole, placement through attached or unattached soft tissue, and angle of placement. The purpose of this in-vitro study was to test the hypothesis that screw angulation affects screw-anchorage resistance. METHODS: Three-dimensional finite element models were created to represent screw-placement orientations of 30°, 60°, and 90°, while the screw was displaced to 0.6 mm at a distance of 2.0 mm from the bone surface. In a parallel cadaver study, 96 titanium alloy screws were placed into 24 hemi-sected maxillary and 24 hemi-sected mandibular specimens between the first and second premolars. The specimens were randomly and evenly divided into 3 groups according to screw angulation (relative to the bone surface): 90° vs 30° screw pairs, 90° vs 60° screw pairs, and 30° vs 60° screw pairs. All screws were subjected to increasing forces parallel to the occlusal plane, pulling mesially until the miniscrews were displaced by 0.6 mm. A paired-samples t test was used to assess the significance of differences between 2 samples consisting of matched pairs of subjects, with matched pairs of subjects including 2 measurements taken on the same subject. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with the post-hoc Tukey studentized range test was conducted to determine whether there were significant differences, and the order of those differences, in anchorage resistance values among the 3 screw angulations at maxillary and mandibular sites. RESULTS: The finite element analysis showed that 90° screw placement provided greater anchorage resistance than 60° and 30° placements. In the cadaver study, although the maximum anchorage resistance provided by screws placed at 90° to the cadaver bone surface exceeded, on average, the anchorage resistance of the screws placed at 60°, which likewise exceeded the anchorage resistance of screws placed at 30°, these differences were not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: Placing orthodontic miniscrews at angles less than 90° to the alveolar process bone surface does not offer force anchorage resistance advantages.
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