Lingual Orthodontics: Advantages of the Orapix - Straight Wire technique

  • Dr Didier Fillion, France

Because of imprecise bracket positioning and rebonding lingual orthodontics has been often described as a multi-bend archwire technique.
According to the 3D digitalized dental technology the virtual brackets are placed on an ideal virtual Set-up in the way to remove all the bends on the wires.. Then Jigs made by CAD/CAM technology allow to position the brackets on the patient in the same position as on the Set-up with an highest accuracy. The advantages are
1- Fully indivualized bracket positioning
2- Teeth are moving progressively toward the ideal position given by the Set-up
3- All treatment sequences are made with individualized preformed wires
4- Without bend on wires mechanics becomes more efficient
5- No archwire bending, chairtime is shortened and simplified
6- Better incisor torque control due to the enamel closer bracket position
7- Better patient comfort due to the straight wire form

All these adavntages make lingual straight wire technique to be an essential step in the evolution of Lingual Orthodontics: more precise, more simple and more efficient.

Many cases will be showed during this lecture