"Safe Zone" for Risk-Free Implantation of Skeletal Anchor Plates: Anatomical Study Using Cone Beam Computerized Tomography


Abstract in English

Success clinical attempts have been carried out to support fixed functional appliances by using skeletal anchor plates placed in the symphysis to avoid mandibular incisors protrusion.

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