2nd International Scientific-Practical Conference "Digital or Conventional?
What is more effective?" 17-18 January 2025, Kaunas, Lithuania

REVIEWS

Influence of surface treatment on the survival rate of miniscrews: A systematic literature review and
meta-analysis
Kotryna Rumšaitė, Mariam Varoneckaitė, Mantas Šidlauskas, Marijus Leketas, Algirdas Lukošiūnas, Ričardas Kubilius
30-36

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Effect of simulated gastric acid on the surface degradation of dental ceramics
Noelia Madriz-Montalván, Marine Ortiz-Magdaleno, Norma Verónica Zavala-Alonso, José Elías Pérez-López, Gregorio Sánchez-Balderas, Diana María Escobar-García, Erika de Lourdes Silva-Benítez, Gabriel Fernando Romo-Ramírez
37-45

Prevalence of malocclusions in children with infectious mononucleosis
Natalya Chukhray, Nina Smolyar, S. V. Savchyn, O. O. Mashkarynets
46-50

CASE REPORTS

Conservative therapy for odontogenic keratocyst: Decompression as the definitive treatment
Anibal Henrique Barbosa Luna, Karoline Gomes da Silveira, Alexander Tadeu Sverzut, Márcio de Moraes
51-54

Stomatologija 2024; 26 (2): 30-6 451 KB

Influence of surface treatment on the survival rate of miniscrews: A systematic literature review and
meta-analysis

Kotryna Rumšaitė¹, Mariam Varoneckaitė¹, Mantas Šidlauskas², Marijus Leketas³, Algirdas Lukošiūnas³, Ričardas Kubilius³

Summary

Background. Dental or skeletal anchoring plays a significant role in the orthodontic treatment of various malocclusions. Miniscrews are now regarded as stable skeletal anchoring. Despite their popularity, miniscrew success rates in studies range from 83.9 to 93.3%. Surface treatment is one of its properties that is now being extensively researched and enhanced. Consequently, the purpose of this systematic review is to ascertain how miniscrew surface treatment affects insertion torque, success rate, and removal torque.

Materials and methods. The protocol for conducting a systematic literature review followed the PRISMA criteria. The keywords "mini-implant", "mini-screw", "orthodontic mini screws", "survival rate", and "surface treatment" were used to search electronic databases. This systematic review included human studies published in English within the previous five years that compared the success rates of miniscrews with and without changed surfaces.

Results. Four included studies assessed the effect of surface modification on the success rate; two of them examined the impact on insertion torque, one the removal torque, and one assesed the periotest value. The rough surface group achieved a higher success rate than the non-modified group, although the difference was not statistically significant. The treated surface group had higher removal torque than the non-treated group, but the difference was not statistically significant.

Conclusions. Quantitative and qualitative analysis revealed that surface-treated miniscrews had a greater success rate and insertion torque than non-treated ones, although the difference was not statistically significant.

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¹Faculty of Odontology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
²Department of Orthodontics, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
³Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

 

Address correspo ndence to Kotryna Rumšaitė, Faculty of Odontology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eivenių g. 2, LT-50161, Kaunas, Lithuania.
E-mail address: rumsaitekotryna@gmail.com