Fixed appliances Flashcards

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What is a fixed appliance?

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  • An appliance which is fixed to the teeth and cannot be removed by the patient that is able to produce precision tooth movements
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4 advantages of fixed appliances over removable appliances?

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  • 3d control of tooth
  • Complex tooth movements
  • Control of root
  • Less dependant on compliance
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3 disadvantages of fixed appliances?

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  • Risk of iatrogenic damage
  • Requires excellent oral hygiene
  • Poor intrinsic anchorage
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4
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What type of movements can be produced by a removable appliance?

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  • Simple tooth movements - tipping
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5
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What are 2 advantages of removable appliance over fixed appliance?

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  • Good intrinsic anchorage
  • Less iatrogenic damage
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6
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3 disadvantages of removeable appliances compared to fixed appliances?

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  • Greater compliance required
  • Can be lost
  • No control over root movement
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7
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5 indications of fixed appliance?

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  • tooth alignement
  • correction of rotations
  • Centreline corrections
  • Overbite and overjet reduction
  • Closing and creating spaces
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8
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What are andrews six keys (treatment goals)

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  • Tight approximal contacts with no rotations
  • Class I incisors
  • Class I molars
  • Flat occlusal plane or slight curve of spee
  • Long axis of the teeth have a slight mesial inclincation except lower incisors
  • The crowns of the canines back to the have a lingual inclination
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9
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Other than brackets , bands , and archwire
List 4 other components of a fixed appliance?

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  • Modules
  • Auxiliaries
  • Anchorage components
  • Force generating components
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10
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What is this?

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Bracket

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11
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What is this?

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Archwire

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12
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What is this ?

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Elastic module

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13
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What is this?

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Molar tube

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14
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What is this?

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Molar band

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15
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3 components of a bracket?

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  • Bracket slot
  • Bracket base
  • Tie wings
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16
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What 3 materials can be used in brackets?

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  • Metal - SS, CoCr, Ti, Au
  • Polymers
  • Ceramics
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17
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What is required before placing a band?

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Require space , can be achieved by placing separators

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18
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What are bands made of?

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Stainless steel

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19
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What is included in the bracket prescription?

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  • Tip
  • Torque
  • In and out control
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20
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What type of retention is between brackets and tooth with composite and acid etch?

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  • Micomechanical retention
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21
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What would you use to bond molar bands?

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GI

22
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5 materials that can be used in archwire?

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  • SS
  • NiTi
  • CoCr
  • Beta titanium
  • Composite or glass
23
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3 featured of nickel titanium archwire?

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  • Flexible
  • Good shape memory
  • Exerts light continuous force
24
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What is meant by shape memory?

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  • can return to original shape
  • Cannot be bent
25
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in relation to friction, compare NiTi to SS archwire?

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NiTi has higher friction than SS

26
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2 feature of SS archwire?

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  • low friction - slide teeth
  • Formable as can bend and create loops
27
Q

4 force generating components that have sliding mechanics?

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  • Elastic power chain
  • NiTi coils
  • Intra-oral elastics
  • Active ligature
28
Q

Explain how teeth can move by elastics or springs?

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Teeth move by utilising the energy stored in the elastic or spring

29
Q

What is this?

A

Elastomeric chain

30
Q

What is this?

A

Nickel titanium coil springs

31
Q

What are these?

A

Intra-oral elastics

32
Q

What is anchorage?

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  • Resistance to unwanted tooth movement can be explained by newton 3rd law which states that every force has an equal but opposite reactionary force
33
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What is the first aspect of treatment planning in fixed ortho?

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Anchorage

34
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What is this type of anchorage?

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  • Simple- using 2 teeth (one big and one small)
35
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What is this type of anchorage?

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Compound - using two teeth to move a smaller tooth

36
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What is this type of anchorage?

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Reciprocal - using two teeth of equal size

37
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What is this type of anchorage?

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Absolute

37
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What is absolute anchorage?

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Using temporary anchorage devices which are non osseointegrating mini screws

38
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What is this?

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  • Cortical anchorage
39
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What are the advantages of cortical anchorage?

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  • Cortical plates provide increased resistance to tooth movement and maintains intermolar width
39
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One example of cortical anchorage?

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Nance palatal arch utilises the palatal vault for anchorage

40
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What type of anchorage is this?

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Intermaxillary anchorage using intraoral elastics

41
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6 dental features that have a high relapse potential?

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  • Diastemas
  • Rotations
  • Palatally ectopic canines
  • Proclination of lower incisors
  • Anterior open bite
  • Instanding upper lateral incisors
42
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What is this type of retainer? what does it consist of and what does it do? What is the disadvantage of it ?

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  • Hawley removable retainer
  • Labial bow to control incisors and canines
  • Not well tolerated in the lower arch
43
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A patient ask when they should wear their pressure formed retainers , what would you say?

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All the time except for eating or drinking then only at night

44
Q

What type of brackets cause the highest risk of enamel wear?

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Ceramic

45
Q

How long does average fixed appliance takes?

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18-24 months

46
Q

How long does hypodontia cases take ?

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24-30 months

47
Q

How long does orthognathic cases take?

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24 -30 months

48
Q

When would you make adjustments to fixed appliances?

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every 4-8 weeks

49
Q

What are the initial problems encountered with fixed appliances? (4)

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  • Pain
  • Mucosal irritation
  • Ulceration
  • Appliance breakage
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