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Table 2 Patients’ age distribution, respective indications for JS insertion and number of patients exhibiting complications: a = gingival overgrowth, b = implant loosening, c = implant loss

From: Mini-implants in the palatal slope – a retrospective analysis of implant survival and tissue reaction

age

no. of patients

space closure

distalization

vertical movement

transverse movement

anchorage

10

4

0

4

0

0

0

11

4

0

4 / a = 2

0

0

1

12

6

5

2

1

0

0

13

4

3 / a = 1

0

0

1 / b = 1

0

14

3

2

1

0

0

0

15

4

3

0

0

0

1

16

4

3 / c = 2

1

0

0

0

17

5

0

2

1

1 / b = 1

1

18

1

0

0

1 / a = 1

0

1

19

3

0

2 / a = 1

1

0

0

20

1

1

0

0

0

0

24

0

0

0

0

0

0

27

1

0

1

0

0

0

37

1

1

0

0

0

0

total

41

18

17

4

2

4