Kook Yoon-Ah, Bayome Mohamed, Kim Seong-Hun, Lee Dong-Hoon, Kim Yoon-Ji, Kim Seok-Gyu
Department of Orthodontics, Seoul St Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
World J Orthod. 2010 Winter;11(4):387-92.
This is the report of a patient with an anterior four-unit fixed partial denture in whom a screw was used to extrude a too-short abutment tooth. Due to the mini-implant, fewer teeth needed to be bonded, thereby keeping more teeth out of harm's way.