Relationship between the angulation of temporary anchoring devices and their displacement. Experimental study
The purpose of this study is to assess how the insertion angle influence the stability mini-implant when loaded with 200cNe in this study, 2mini-screws were implanted in male rabbits’ (n=25) tibia in a 6weeks interval between the firstone and the second one. The second mini-implants were placed at different angles with respect to the cortical bone: -20° in the direction of the force e (GroupI), perpendicular to the force (GroupII) and 30° in the opposite direction of the force (GroupIII). These experimental implants were immediately loaded (right tibias). The Tad`s on the left tibias were regarded as control. The animals were sacrificed six weeks after the first surgery. Linear distances between the two Tad`s were measured with a digital caliper at the time of placement, and after the sacrifice, then were compared. The displacements were: GroupI, 2.96mm ±1.05; GroupII, 0.27mm ±0.36; and GroupIII, 0.29 mm ±0.26. The controls remained. The values for the micro-implants of GroupI showed statistically significant differences (p≤0.05) compared to GroupsII y III. Based on these data, we can conclude that mini-implants inclined towards the direction of the force applied induce more displacement than the ones placed perpendicular to theforce or in the opposite direction of the force