Class 5 Flashcards
Removable appliances advantages
Removable
More hygienic
May be more esthetic
Easier for certain growth modification treatment than fixed appliances
Removable appliances disadvantages
Relying on patient compliance
Less precise force control than fixed appliances
Involves lab work
Removable appliances primary use
Growth modification
Minor tooth movements
Retention
Bionator
Stimulate mandibular growth
Control tooth eruption
Twin block
Stimulate mandibular growth
Can include an expander
Can add headgears
Frankle Appliance
Completely tissue borne
Buccal shields or lip pads to reduce cheek and lip pressure for expansion
Stimulate mandibular growth
Reverse Pull headgear
For preadolescent exhibiting maxillary deficiency
Anterior bite plates
To decrease overbite
Posterior bite plates
To increase overbite
Spring Retainers
Used for both retention and minor tooth movement
Tooth Positioners
Used for minor tooth movement and retention
Is fabricated on set up models to which desired tooth movement has been included
Begg Appliance
Added axullary springs for root control
Contact is very small and friction is Minimal—> teeth can be moved quickly but hard for root control
1st order bends are needed to
Compensate for horizontal position variations
Pre-adjusted edgewise
Make the bracket base of upper lateral incisor lower in Soros thicker while the molar tube profile shorter than adjacent bracket slots
Mesial distal angulation
By varying bracket slot tipping the diffference for tooth long axis angulation are compensated for
2nd order bends
Needed to change mesial distal angulation
Third order
By varying the slot bracket angle or differential changing the bracket base thickness the differences of tooth labial lingual angulation are compensated for
Typical components of modern edgewise appliances
Bands with molar tubes
Brackets
Archwires
Auxiliaries -elasometic chains, coil springs, lingual arches, transpalatal bars, extra oral appliances, temporary anchorage devices