Miniscrews are helpful in increasing treatment options for various malocclusions and they make treatment simpler,
shorter and more comfortable for patients and clinicians.
Nowadays skeletal anchorages (miniscrews and miniplates) are used in orthodontic treatment in a large-scale.
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The use of them not only changed how far teeth can be
moved, but also offered more treatment options to patients and clinicians.
So many orthodontists use them in severe malocclusions to save patient from orthognathic surgery and the other invasive treatment plans.
Miniscrews have now become established orthodontic anchorage aids, with diameters of 1 to 2.3 mm and lengths of 4 to 21 mm.
This case presents lack of central incisors. We decide to mesialize teeth in the lower arch and also use miniscrew for better anchorage.
