Table 3 Relationship between BMC% and bone quality for different miniscrew dimensions.

From: Bone quality affects stability of orthodontic miniscrews

Bone quality and quantity parameters

Dimension of miniscrew (diameter × length in mm)

1.4 × 8

1.5 × 6

1.5 × 8

1.5 × 10

1.6 × 8

Cortical bone thickness from CBCT

0.830

0.802

0.855

0.843

0.828

Cortical bone thickness from micro-CT

0.871

0.856

0.775

0.878

0.877

GV from CBCT

0.694

0.577

0.608

0.702

0.776

BV/TV from Micro-CT

0.696

0.373

0.662

0.584

0.662

  1. Except for the relationship between BV/TV measured from micro-CT and BMC% in the 1.5 × 6 mm group, all relationships had P values less than 0.05.
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