A New Appliance for Improving the Miniscrew Stability

Abstract EN

The aim of this study is to present a new appliance called stability leg designed as an additional anchorage providing device for increasing primary stability of orthodontic miniscrew.

For this purpose, two finite element models (FEMs) with two different cortical layer thicknesses of 1 mm and 2 mm are considered.

In order to achieve the stability analysis, these two main models, namely, Model I and Model II, are divided into subgroups according to stability leg lengths.

Two types of forces are considered.

(1) First force is a constant force of 1 N which is applied to all two models.

(2) Second force is defined in the range of 1–4 N.

Each of 1, 2.5, and 4 N of the second force is applied with a position angle ranging from 34° to 44°.

Results show that stability of a miniscrew with 5 mm leg increases primary stability of the miniscrew.