TY - BOOK AU - Hanem Younes Elfeky AU - Manal Yehia Foda , AU - Mohamed Amgad fatthy Kaddah , TI - Mini - implants for "en masse" maxillary anterior teeth retraction : : A clinical study / PY - 2009/// CY - Cairo : PB - Hanem Younes Elfeky , KW - En- Masse KW - Maxillary KW - Mini - implants N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine - Department of Orthodontics; Issued also as CD N2 - The aim of this study was to evaluate miniscrew implants as an orthodontic anchorage for en masse retraction of maxillary anterior teeth . Assessment of the dentoskeletal and soft tissue effects was carried out via orthodontic study models and lateral cephalometric views which had been taken prior to mini - screws loading and after eight months . There was no statistically significant anchorage loss with mini - implants in either horizontal (anteroposterior ) or vertical direction ER -