Table 5.
Complications – Part I (interradicular insertion sites)
| Jaw | Anterior region | Lateral region | Posterior region | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxilla | Maxilla | Mandible | Maxilla | Maxilla | Maxilla | Maxilla | Maxilla | Maxilla | Maxilla | Maxilla | Maxilla | Maxilla | Mandible | Mandible | |||
| Sample | 1 F | 1 F | 2 M | 1 F | 1 F | 15 F 5 M | 1 F | 1 F | 28 F 17 M | 35 F 15 M | 1 M | 52 F14 M | 1 M | 52 F14 M | 35 F 15 M | ||
| Miniscrew | 1 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 | NA | 1/2 | 1 | 8/82 | 68 | 2/2 | 68/122 | 1/2 | 17/62 | 79 | ||
| Complication | Crown pink discoloration, no response to EPT22 | Exostoses13 | Root perforation18 | Scar lesion15 | Root perforation19 | Pain24 | Protrusion into the sinus36 | Root perforation & miniscrew fracture21 | Maxillary sinus perforation32 | Root contact33 | Protrusion into the sinus36 | Scar lesion29 | Root damage23 | Scar lesion29 | Root contact33 | ||
F, female; M, male; NA, not applicable; EPT, electric pulp testing.