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With introduction of mini-implants in orthodontic treatment, the anchorage control became a less of challenge and enabled orthodontic tooth movement once believed to be too difficult to be achieved with conventional anchorage control. With introduction of C-implant, the stability issues of mini-implant were solved with osseointegration potentials to resist multidirectional orthodontic forces. Nevertheless, there were remaining obstacles that placing C-implants was limited due to the anatomical limitations on recipient site. In order to solve this problem, C-tube plate was invented to overcome the anatomical limitations. The C-tubes are fixated with 4 mm fixation screws to overcome the placement limitations, and it has high survival rate. C-tube plate can bring less hardship in anchorage control and open more treatment options to clinicians.
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The authors thank Dr. Yong Kim, Research Assistant of Kyung Hee University School of Dentistry, for manuscript editing.
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Chung, KR., Seo, KW., Kim, SH. (2014). C-Tube Plate: Less Hardship and More Treatment Options. In: Kim, K. (eds) Temporary Skeletal Anchorage Devices. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55052-2_9
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