Open Access Relationship Between the Thickness of Cortical Bone at Maxillary Mid-palatal Area and Facial Height Using CBCT

Abstract: Introduction: Orthodontic mini-implants have been incorporated into orthodontic treatment modalities. Ade-quate bone at mini-implant placement site can influence the success or failure of anchorage. The present study was to de-termine the thickness of cortical bone in the maxillary mid-palatal area at predetermined points for the placement of or-thodontic mini-implants using Cone Beam CT technique in order to evaluate the relationship of these values with the fa-cial height. Materials and Methods: A total of 161 patients, consisting of 63 males (39.13%) and 98 females (60.87%)