Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background: The keystone of a successful orthodontic treatment is assuring the proper anchorage. Mini-implant–enhanced anchorage has become a popular concept in orthodontics over the past years. Hence; the present study was undertaken for assessing the outcome of orthodontic Mini dental implants. Materials & methods: A total of 50 patients were enrolled. In all the involved patients, one or more self-drilling mini-screws were inserted. Orthodontic mini-implants were considered successful when they proved a perfect skeletal anchorage during the entire treatment period (independent from the period's length) without sign of mobility. In contrast, screws showing mobility or loosening (with or without subjective complaints), peri-implant infection, or neighbouring tooth injury occurred, were considered as failures. All the results were recorded and analysed using SPSS software. Results: Success was observed in 90 percent of the cases. Failure was seen in 10 percent of the cases. Among the failure cases, inflammation was the cause in 8 percent of the cases while screw fracture was seen in 2 percent of the cases. Conclusion: From the above results, the authors concluded that inflammatory complications frequently develop even with careful insertion as a result of the patient's poor oral hygiene.