Safe sites for buccal shelf bone screw placement in various skeletal malocclusions: A CBCT study

INTRODUCTION: The mandibular buccal shelf area is an extra-alveolar anchorage site that has high quality and quantity of bone, provides biomechanical benefits and has low failure rates. It is essential to place the implant in the region of bone with optimal thickness. The aim of this study was to de...

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Main Authors: V M Athira, Keerthan Shashidhar, M N Kuttappa, U S Krishna Nayak, M S Ravi, Neevan D' Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:Journal of Orthodontic Science
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Online Access:http://www.jorthodsci.org/article.asp?issn=2278-0203;year=2023;volume=12;issue=1;spage=63;epage=63;aulast=Athira