Skeletal Supported System for Orthodontic Anchorage (SAO®) – mini-plates for orthodontic anchorage. Part I: openbite treatment

Maurício Tatsuei SAKIMA, Armando Amorim de MENDONÇA, José Miguel OCANHA JÚNIOR, Tatsuko SAKIMA

This paper describes the SAO®, Sistema de Apoio Ósseo para Mecânica Ortodôntica (Skeletal Supported System for Orthodontic Mechanics), a new approach for anchorage by means of mini-plates. After the description of the system, treatment protocols for skeletal openbite cases are presented. The use of cantilevers and different spring conigurations attached directly in the tubes of the anchorage system allows various approaches for vertical and sagittal discrepancies.

Keywords: Mini-plates. Skeletal anchorage. Anterior open bite.

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