Assessment of the mandibular buccal shelf for orthodontic anchorage: Influence of side, gender and skeletal patterns.
Roberta Basanez Aleluia CostaCandice Belchior DuplatIeda Margarida Crusoé-RebelloFrederico Sampaio NevesPublished in: Orthodontics & craniofacial research (2021)
The region distal to the second molar is the most appropriate for the insertion of extra-alveolar mini-screws in terms of bone thickness. Hypodivergent and Class III subjects showed greater bone thickness in the mandibular buccal shelf region.