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Some of you may recognize the above image as the mythical simulation F from 2015 Won Moon's study regarding micro-implant assisted maxillary protraction protocols using MARPE and FM.
The efficacy of maxillary protraction protocols with the micro-implant-assisted rapid palatal expander (MARPE) and the novel N2 mini-implant—a finite element study
Maxillary protraction with the novel N2 mini-implant- and micro-implant-assisted rapid palatal expander (MARPE) can potentially provide significant skeletal effects without surgery, even in older patients where conventional facemask therapy has limited ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
If someone doesn't understand what's shown in the image, it's basically a non surgical version of the Holy Grail of surgerymaxxing - Le Fort III.
This will turn you into a model slayer.
You wanna ascend to the best version of yourself? This is it.
It brings the whole maxilla upwards and forward.
Long midface? Solved.
Flat cheekbones? Solved.
Negative orbital vector? Solved.
Poor forward growth? Solved.
Except width, it turns your maxilla into a work of art. No more shitty implants from Eppley.
You're recessed but not downswung? Not a problem, here's simulation G with a protocol appropriate to your case for perfect forward growth.
This all works in theory thanks to the N2 micro-implant which provides skeletal anchorage for facemask pulling and with the right force vector can shift your maxilla as shown above.
Mechanical stability assessment of novel orthodontic mini-implant designs: Part 2
AbstractObjective:. To assess the mechanical stability of a newly revised orthodontic mini-implant design (N2) compared with a design introduced in Part 1 of the study (N1) and the most widely-used commercially-available design (CA). To evaluate the mean buccal bone thickness of maxillary and...
meridian.allenpress.com
Now, here's the deal, it's been 6 years since the models were generated and to this day there is no follow up study and no word about the current state of development of this N2 implant. I emailed Dr. Moon weeks ago asking about it but he hasn't responded. I then emailed his UCLA colleague, Professor Benjamin Wu, who sent me a link to Moon's dental clinic site and told me that i could reach him there. There is no email, only a phone number, hence why i'm asking any user, who is interested in ascending and resides in the US, to call them and ask Moon if he's planning on conducting a clinical trial in the forseeable future.
Any volunteers, pm me and i'll send you the details.
@noprogressno