26 October 2022 : Clinical Research
Evaluation of Orthodontic Mini-Implant Placement in the Maxillary Anterior Alveolar Region in 15 Patients by Cone Beam Computed Tomography at a Single Center in South India
Arathi Murugesan1BDF, S.P. Saravana Dinesh1BDF, Srirengalakshmi Muthuswamy Pandian1BDE, Lichi Ashwin Solanki1ABC, Abdulrahman Alshehri2CDE, Wael Awadh2BDF, Khalid J. Alzahrani
3DEF, Khalaf F. Alsharif3DEF, Mrim M. Alnfiai4CDF, Reji Mathew5CEF, Tarek El-Bialy 6DEF, Hosam Ali Baeshen7DEF, Shilpa Bhandi89CDF, A. Thirumal Raj10ADF, Shankargouda Patil811ACE*
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.937949
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e937949
Table 2 Descriptive statistics for labio-palatal bone thickness.
| Site | Level | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 mm | 6 mm | 8 mm | ||||
| Mean (mm) | SD (mm) | Mean (mm) | SD (mm) | Mean (mm) | SD (mm) | |
| U1-U1 | 8.20 | 1.73 | 7.95 | 1.99 | 8.13 | 2.63 |
| U1–U2 | 9.18 | 1.96 | 9.33 | 2.24 | 9.81 | 2.34 |
| U2–U3 | 9.07 | 1.86 | 8.65 | 2.15 | 9.04 | 2.29 |
| Maxillary central incisors (U1-U1), maxillary central and lateral incisor (U1–U2), and maxillary lateral incisor and canine (U2–U3). | ||||||