Application progress of orthodontic treatment with titanium miniplate anchorage system

NING Zhao-liang; LIU Lin

Abstract：As a product of multidisciplinary combination,the usage of implant anchorage undoubtedly had a great impact on clinical diagnosis and concept of modern orthodontic treatment. From the perspectives of both international and do-mestic interests in the clinical application of orthodontic anchorage,mini-screws anchorage implant would become a sig-nificant trend in this field. However,titanium miniplate anchorage could more efficiently offer a new choice for the treat-ment of complex maxillofacial malformation,because it had plenty of advantages that other methods did not,such as low losing ratio,retentive pin far away from tooth roots,easy applying force operation for orthodontists,tooth roots barely in-volved during implantation or obvious tooth movement,and being less dependent on patients' compliance. Inevitably, there were also several drawbacks restricting its clinical application,including the possibility of severe surgical injury, significant swelling after implantation,patients' great fear caused by side-effects and higher surgery cost. But one thing is certain,with further efforts to improve compatibility,stability and comfortability of titanium miniplate,a minimally in-vasive titanium miniplate anchorage system can eventually be obtained,having a far-reaching influence on orthodontic diagnosis and treatment.