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Appliance design Flashcards

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10 uses of casts

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  • Record treatment – mention outcome tx
  • 3D representation of pt not there
  • Design appliances
  • Medical legal reasons
  • Occlusions – assess for malocclusion
    • get diagnosis
    • treatment plan
  • motivator – wax
    • don’t want to good – want realistic expectations
  • emphasise problems – more informed pt decision
  • teaching
  • forensics
  • retrospective studies
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aim of orthodontics

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Functioning, aesthetics, stable occlusion

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12 stainless steel properties

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  • malleable
  • biocompatible
  • doesn’t corrode
  • non-toxic
  • strong
  • flexible
  • resistant to abrasion
  • high melting temperature
  • elastomeric response – spring back into shape
  • durable
  • ductile
  • cheap
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5 components of stainless steel (and %)

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72% Iron

18% Chromium

8% Nickel

  1. 7% Titanium
  2. 3% Carbon
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URA

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upper removable appliance

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LRA

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lower removable appliance

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how do removable appliances working

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move teeth

  • tipping
  • tilting

see saw effect

  • around fulcrum – midpoint

move crown and root – not bending

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advantages of removable appliances (9)

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  • tipping of teeth
  • excellent anchorage
  • generally cheaper than fixed – acrylic and SS – cheaper than fixed (bracket per tooth)
    • LRA less tolerated – impinging on tongue space
  • Shorter chairside time required
  • Oral hygiene is easier to maintain – removable and clean them
  • Non-destructive to tooth surface – no prep
    • Composite bonds wire to teeth – need etch (destructive)
  • Less specialised training needed to manage
  • Can be easily adapted for overbite reduction
    • How deep lowers coming up behind uppers
      • Can be traumatic
  • Can achieve block movements
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disadvantages of removable appliances

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  • Less precise control of tooth movement
    • only tipping/tilting, not lateral or intrusion/extrusion
  • Can be easily removed by the pt
  • Generally, only 1-2 teeth can be moved at a time (fixed can do multiple)
  • Specialist technical staff required to construct the appliances
    • check scope
  • Rotations very difficult to correct – only small degree able to change
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potential result due to crowding

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common

  • Rotated, overlapped, ectopic, PE anteriors due to lack of space
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issues with overjet

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horizontal

trauma, function, undesirable look, can get incompetent lips, lip trap (rest or infront of teeth)

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how to create space in arch (2)

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extract

widen arch - move teeth out

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how to show extraction on design sheet

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cross tooth out

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common tooth to extract for ortho space creation

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premolars

1st more – depends on angulation

  • Cross out on design
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what would the aim on URA design sheet be for

  • anterior crowding + 6mm overjet
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Aim - Please construct URA to retract 13 + 23

tell them what you want to achieve

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retract

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move distally

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procline

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push forward

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retrocline

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push back

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notation used in appliance sheets

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FDI in GDH

common to see palmer outwith

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ARAB

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  • Active components
  • Retentive
  • Anchorage
  • Baseplate
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active component

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  • Part of moving teeth through application of force
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active component for

  • anterior crowding + 6mm overjet
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13 and 23, palatal finger spread + guards, 0.5mm HSSW (hard, can get soft not in ortho)

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why need to state gauge of wire on design sheet

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  • Direct relation to amount of force
    • Thinner – lighter
    • Thicker – greater
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how to draw palatal finger spread (active component)

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Round mesial aspect of tooth

Coil is where force exerted form

Retentive part

Guideplane

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retentive
* Resistance to displacement forces
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4 displacement forces URA subjected to everyday
* Tongue * Mastication * Speaking – vibrations in palate * Gravity * Active component – forces applied to teeth translate back onto the retentive component
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posterior retentive element usually placed on
first permanent molars for posterior retnetion
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common posterior retention design
16 + 26, **Adam’s clasp**, 0.7mm HSS
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why thicker wire used for retentive component compared to active component?
Thicker as don’t want to be as flexible | (0.7mm HSSW compared to 0.5mm HSSW)
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anterior retention example for ## Footnote anterior crowding + 6mm overjet
11 + 21, Southend Clasp, 0.7mm HSSW
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why should you always write and draw designs
to minimise the chance of errors
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anchorage
* Resistance to unwanted tooth movement
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anchorage based around what law
Newtons 3rd law – every action there’s equal opposite reaction
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base plate
use Self-cure PMMA
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where to mark distal of baseplate is 7s fully erupted
half way across them
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3 functions of baseplate
* Unite all the components * Retention – through adhesion, cohesion * Anchorage
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3 types of PMMA
* Heat * Self * Light cure
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what are the two optoins for URA PMMA
heat and self cure PMMA not light
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why choose self cure PMMA over heat cure PMMA for URA
Heat cure – 15 hours process – wax, lost wax Self cure – less stages 15 mins - easier and quicker -satisfactory for disposable Heat cure Vs self cure * Need heat * Self – short working time * Heat – significant working time till exposed to heat * Heat cure stronger * Heat cure – less monomers (monomer liquid, poly powder) – little residual monomer * self cure more – allergic reactions and odour * Heat cure shrinks less than self cure Heat cure fundamentally better But most URA in self-cure
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aim for tooth movement per month in URA
1mm
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what distances to measure pre treatment
space tooth being moved (e.g. premolar width that was extracted) overjet
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6mm gap distal to canine aim to be closed in
6 months so 6mm gap mesial 3/distal 2
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what happens is the canine/tooth to be moved is unable to move e.g. fixated to bone
Gap distal shorter Whilst gap mesial increase * Increased overjet -\> 12mm * Every action has equal and opposite reaction* * *Forward movement for distal canine*
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how does baseplate provide anchorage
covering entire palate so giving resistance to forward movement
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what should you see on monthly measurements in ortho treatment of: ## Footnote anterior crowding + 6mm overjet
distal (decrease) and mesial (increase) overjet (remain)
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balancing forces
only move 1-2 teeth at time * Too many – balance wrong – anchorage goes wrong * Snowball
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