The Journey to Achieve Absolute Anchorage

Abstract

Any Orthodontic treatment aims to achieve desired tooth movement with a minimum number of undesirable side effects. Since the beginning of specialty, strategies for anchorage control have been a main consideration in accomplishing successful orthodontic treatment. For a long time, Orthodontists have struggled to achieve effective anchorage control. The current paper highlights various aspects of miniscrew usage like ideal requirements, fundamentals of design, indications, concepts & controversies, limitations, safe zones, placement protocols, anatomic considerations and complications.