A new stent for miniscrew implant placement

In recent years mini implants have added new horizons in clinical orthodontics. However, the success of miniscrew implant is mostly dependent on the placement accuracies in horizontal and vertical direction. To fulfill this goal the article introduces a new innovation – the TNA (Tarulatha, Nitin, Amit) stent. This particular stent with multiple loops in both horizontal and vertical arm will guide the clinician in choosing the right location with the abundant bone for the secure and safe implant placement. Vertical arm is of help in deciding the height of the implant placement in cases such as deep bite where the implant needs to be placed high. Other striking feature is of the occlusal guide arm for deciding the X-ray direction. Multiple use of this stent which can be constructed chair side makes it unique in the crowd of implant guiding stents.