Objective To investigate the effect of micro-implant
anchorage on gingival crevicular fluid chemokines and subgingival flora in
orthodontic treatment. Methods A retrospective study was conducted on 128 patients who received
orthodontic treatment in The 73rd Group Army Hospital of the Chinese People's
Liberation Army from January 2021 to May 2022. They were divided into a control
group (64 cases) and an observation group (64 cases) according to the different
anchorage. There were 28 males and 36 females in the control group, aged
(23.14±4.98) years; there were 32 males and 32 females in the observation
group, aged (22.97±5.12) years. The control group was treated with orthodontic
method with external arch reinforcement anchorage, and the observation group
was treated with micro implant anchorage technology. The therapeutic effects
and masticatory efficiencies of the two groups were compared. The mRNA levels
of CX3CL1, CXCL2, CCL4, and CCL7 in the gingival crevicular fluid were compared
between the two groups before treatment and after 1 and 4 weeks of treatment.
The common pathogens in the subgingival plaque were analyzed by polymerase
chain reaction (PCR). t test and χ2 test were used for
statistical analysis. Results The success rate of treatment in the observation group was 89.06%
(57/64), which was higher than that in the control group [65.63% (42/64)], with
a statistically significant difference between the two groups (χ2=10.031, P=0.002). The mRNA levels of CX3CL1,
CXCL2, CCL4, and CCL7 in the observation group after 1 and 4 weeks of treatment
were higher than those in the control group [(35.13±9.75) pg/nl vs.
(27.26±6.71) pg/nl, (37.63±10.14) pg/nl vs. (33.56±9.87) pg/nl, (1.87±0.13)
pg/nl vs. (1.26±0.12) pg/nl, (2.23±0.22) pg/nl vs. (1.45±0.16) pg/nl,
(1.87±0.23) pg/nl vs. (1.36±0.17) pg/nl, (2.36±0.32) pg/nl vs. (1.74±0.18)
pg/nl, (1.69±0.32) pg/nl vs. (1.46±0.11) pg/nl, (2.35±0.42) pg/nl vs.
(1.61±0.21) pg/nl], with statistically significant differences (t=5.319, 2.301, 27.583, 22.939, 14.235,
13.509, 5.438, and 12.607; all P<0.05).
After treatment, the detection rate of subgingival pathogen Tannerella
forsythensis (Tf) in the observation group was significantly lower than that in
the control group [12.50% (8/64) vs. 29.69% (19/64)], with a statistically
significant difference (χ2=5.680, P=0.017). Conclusion Micro-implant anchorage has good curative
effect in the treatment of oral deformity, can effectively reduce the content
of chemokines in the gingival crevicular fluid, and reduce the subgingival
flora, which is suitable for clinical application.