October 28-30, 2022 · COEX, Seoul, Korea

Pre-Congress: TADs in Korea

Radiographic Evaluation of Installation Site for Mini-implant

Il-Hyung Yang (양일형)

Dr. IH Yang is the program director of the department of orthodontics at the Seoul National University (SNU) School of Dentistry, Seoul, Rep. of Korea, where he holds the rank of associate professor. He completed his orthodontic training, master degree, and PhD in Orthodontics from SNU school of dentistry and a diplomate of the Korean Board of Orthodontics. He has worked as a member of the Committee of Planning, the Business, the Scientific Affairs, and the Education and the vice Secretary general of the Korean Association of Orthodontists (KAO).
E-mail: drortho@snu.ac.kr

Lecture Description

Orthodontic Mini-Implant (OMI) has been prevailing in our profession. Since its debut in orthodontics, we put our efforts to increase the success rate of OMIs and to predict the longevity of them. In such context, several succedent of industrial and academic efforts in the field of dental implant was also applied to OMI: (1) various designs of OMI itself including pitch, screw tip, neck, head, and so on; (2) surface treatment including machining, grit-blasting, sandblasting and acid-etching, nano particles, and so on; (3) various histomorphometric and immunohistomorphometric studies; (4) various clinical studies regarding the survival rate of OMIs.

It is quite common finding the articles using artificial intelligence in many orthodontic topics. Artificial intelligence combined with large amount of data can offer the information which has been unseen in the previous researches. It is always useful if we can get to a conclusion, accurate or somewhat inaccurate, in a simple way and with simple material easily found in our clinics. This preliminary research report aims to suggest the way of predicting the success rate of OMI depending on its installation site mainly based on panoramic radiograms and the other images.