Temporary skeletal anchorage devices: The case for miniplates

he desire to have complete control over anchor-age is no doubt universal among orthodontists.About 100 years after orthodontists first startedusing tooth-borne anchorage for orthodontic treat-ment, temporary skeletal anchorage devices appeared.It was clear that orthodontics would be a completelynew ball game; soon temporary skeletal anchorage de-vices had become indispensable modalities in modernorthodontic practices for adults. Beyond that, tempo-rary skeletal anchorage devices are at the center of in-novations of surgical orthodontics for jaw deformitiesand the orthopedic treatment of growing patientswith skeletal disharmonies.As temporary skeletal anchorage devices were be-ing developed in the 1990s, 2 types were widely putinto use. There were great expectations for thosethat could osseointegrate with bone. This type in-cluded retromolar implants,