Simplified Straight-Wire Technique

Simplified Straight-Wire Technique

Messias Rodrigues

Simplified Straight-Wire Technique 2nd edition

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International data of Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP) R696

Rodrigues, Messias.

Simplified straight-wire technique / Messias Rodrigues.

- Maringá : Dental Press, 2011.

556 p. : il.; color.

References: p. 545 ISBN 85-88020-35-1

1. Orthodontic. I. Title.

CDD 617.643

To my wife, Rosana, for her dedication, love and understanding in the moments I was absent due to this paper.

To my children, AndrĂŠ and LuĂ­sa, reason for my encouragement.

Whatever the force applied or the appliances used, the tooth always reacts according to the biologic principles of physiology, and is sometimes modified by the growing pattern.

Cyro Ribeiro de Moura

To Professor Cyro Moura, for his encouragement and guidance in my first orthodontic studies.

To Professors Gerval de Almeida and Sebastião Interlandi, for their confidence, support and example.

To the Ortholine Clinic staff, Márcio Cantarelli and my assistants, Beatriz, Andréia, Rosana and Fátima, for their constant dedication during years of group work.

To my colleague Margarida Shikida, for long days of contribution, organizing this material.

To the UNITAU Professorate, for the academic guidance.

To the Portuguese assistants – Antonio Figueiredo Machado, Maria João Almeida, Catherine Baptista Paulo –, for their dedication and friendship in divulging and teaching this proposal in Portugal.

To my colleagues Fernando Machado, Edmárcio Mafaciolli, Nelson Pavan and Rosana Vilella Chagas, for their assistance and loyalty.

To Cássia Campoy, for the encouragement since the first steps of this paper.

To my students, the reason of this Guide.

Since the first courses offered in Brazil, we felt the need to create an instrument to help students learn and develop. This is how this guide was first idealized. Besides its main goal – Methodology of Simplified Straight-Wire Mechanics –, the guide also intends to coordinate some current orthodontics knowledge in order to conscientiously apply them, taking the most benefits such methodology may offer. Although it gathers many concepts by other authors, it intends to coordinate readers’ knowledge with knowledge to be acquired in the future, in order to facilitate the correct diagnosis and its consequent planning.

The author

SUMMARY

FOREWORD ......................................................................................................... 21 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................. 23

CHAPTER 1 DEVELOPMENT OF SIMPLIFIED STRAIGHT-WIRE MECHANICS........................................................................... 25 Using Tip-Edge brackets on canines in the Straight-Wire Mechanics

The canine bracket

Uprighting springs (Side-Winder)

Retraction techniques

Controlling posterior anchorage

CHAPTER 2 Biomechanics of the Simplified Straight-Wire Technique.......................................................................... 55

Notions of facial analysis

Face proportions

Vertical direction

Sagittal direction

Exposure of upper incisors

Causes of gingival smile

Clinical planning beginning with the soft tissue

Clinical cases (diagnosis and planning)

CHAPTER 3

Assembly.............................................................................................................. 83

Choosing accessories

Teeth separation

Adapting bands

Cementing bands

Molar tubes

Choosing brackets

The Twin Tip-Edge bracket

Esthetic brackets

Bonding protocol

Pliers

CHAPTER 4 PHASEI................................................................................................................. 107

Alignment and leveling

Leveling and alignment

Chapter 5 PHASE II.............................................................................................................. 119

Correction of overjet and overbite

Australian type archwire

Anchorage bend

Class ii elastics

Elastics colors and force

Premolar bonding in phase ii

First molar tubes

Sliding movement

Most common mistakes in the placement of archwire

Leveling and alignment concomitant to bite opening and retraction CLINICAL CASE

Rotation and uprighting springs

Root uprighting springs (side-winder)

Placement

Activation

Torque with tip-edge brackets

Using rectangular archwire in phase ii

Diagram for archwires construction and coordination

Initial visit – phase ii

Revision visit – phase ii

CHAPTER 6 PHASE III............................................................................................................. 171

Closure of spaces remaining from extractions

Torque adjustment of the anterior teeth

Uprighting canine roots

Archwire in phase iii

Phase iii with round archwire

Phase iii with rectangular archwire

Diagram for archwires in phase iii

CLINICAL CASE

Bonding upper premolars in phase iii

Elastics for closing spaces

E-link placement through vestibular and palatine

Activation frequency CLINICAL CASE

Phases ii and iii carried out simultaneously CLINICAL CASE

Initial visit – phase ii

chapter 7 PHASE IV............................................................................................................. 239

Leveking upper premolars and second molars

Maintaining the goals achieved in previous phases

Final torque adjustment of anterior teeth

Installing the rectangular archwire

Phase iv diagram

Final mesiodistal adjustment of canine roots

Initial visit – phase iv

The four phases of the Simplified Straight-Wire Mechanics treatment

CHAPTER 8 Treatment Mechanics without Extractions............................... 259

Treatment of class ii malocclusion without extraction

The growth pattern

Jarabak percentage

Posterior cranial base and ramus height relationship

Upper gonial angle

Biomechanics

Position of lower incisors CLINIcAL CASES

CHAPTER 9 Extraction of Molars............................................................................... 327

Treatment with extraction of second molars

Third molar conditions

Orthodontic mechanics

Appliance assembly

Archwires and elastics CLINICAL CASES

CHAPTER 10 Extractions of First Molars................................................................. 403

Clinical characteristics suggesting extraction of first molars

Facial analysis

Multi-restorations in molars

Previous absence of one or more molars

Early loss of one or two lower molars, provoking extrusion of

the upper correspondent

Extensive decays on teeth

Simultaneous resolution of lack of space in both anterior

And posterior sectors

Problems in the endodontal treatment

Significant deviation of the median line

Severe overjet

Indications CLINICAL CASES

CHAPTER 11 Using Double-Key-HOLE ARCH in the Simplified Straight-Wire Mechanics......................................................................... 469

The retraction mechanics

Retraction mechanics with Double-Key-Loop (dkl)

Considerations on pre-adjusted brackets

Characteristics

Activation

Anterior bite opening

Activation magnitude

Activation frequency

Clinical protocol

Leveling and alignment

Caution regarding anchorage

Clinical sequence

Conclusion CLINICAL CASES REFERENCES....................................................................................................... 545

Simplified Straight-Wire Technique

FOREWORD

It is for me a great honor to introduce the present work by Professor Messias Rodrigues.

From the time he was our student at the postgraduation program at the University of Taubaté, he showed remarkable intelligence, excellent performance and praise for the ethics. Owner of an unrestful and innovative mind, he managed to search at the inspired production of great leaders, such as Dr. Peter Kesling, Dr. Lawrence Andrews, Dr. Ronald Roth and Dr. S. Interlandi, a firm basis for the development of diagnosis and technique for orthodontic treatment, which represents one step forward for all of us.

T h e S t r a i g h t -Wi r e S i m p l i f i e d Technique he created represents a wise choice of a number of both mechanical and methodological courses leading to surprisingly good orthodontic results, within a short period of time, yet easy to understand and to appropriate by our

post-graduation students. No miracles, just extreme good sense. The author’s clinical experience, largely recognized, is collateral security, plenty of credibility.

Maintaining the anchorage, with resistance more dosed and controlled requirements – one major problem for orthodontists – allows for better average results, yet sustaining the benefits achieved.

The teachings by Professor Messias represent today the most promising ways towards the commitment regarding the search for truth, simplicity and beauty, stability and harmony, yet with time saving in the field of the orthodontic mechanics.

I sincerely believe the words and images included in this work shall be worthy for the technical and scientific empowerment of the readers.

Gerval de Almeida

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Simplified Straight-Wire Technique

INTRODUCTION

Since 1925, when Dr. E. H. Angle presented the Edgewise bracket in the article under the title “Latest and best in Orthodontic Mechanism”, most therapy used until the mid of the 70’s was Edgwise technique (KESLING, 1989).

The practice required time and great ability from the operators, even the most experienced ones, and yet many results would present a number of deficiencies as to the torque of superior incisors and the correction of anteroposterior relationship.

According to Bennett and McLaughlin (1998), the resulting occlusion looked like a “pleasant orthodontic result”, instead of presenting a natural-like dentition; and the stability of the teeth in the long term would be affected by the absence of the ideal dental relationships. Besides, in order to obtain retraction movement at the anterior teeth, special arches for space closure would embody second and third order bends for teeth repositioning, while reducing the stationary anchorage effort.

Aware of all those problems, Dr.

Lawrence F. Andrews developed the Straight-Wire appliance. No doubt this was the main advance in orthodontics since it was presented, by the mid of the 70’s. The orthodontists could finally set free from the difficult task of bend construction, as the new technique reduces the job stress, both for them and for the patients, and yet the quality of the cases could be improved.

Therefore, the Straight-Wire mechanics was developed in order to reduce such bends, making it easier to achieve good treatment results. However, the first results were disappointing, as some undesirable effects arose, such as the bite deepening leading to a Toe Hold effect, mainly caused by the canine slots.

All such effects take place because the Straight-Wire brackets incorporate to their basis and slots all the angulations and tri-dimensional torques ideal for the end of the treatment. Nevertheless, such tri-dimensional controls lead to excessive anchorage tension, thus making it difficult to move the tooth during the treatment.

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Messias Rodrigues

In order to solve these problems, Dr. Andrews applied extra torque on incisor brackets, as well as counter-tipping and counter-rotation characteristics to the canine, premolar and molar brackets. This procedure led the already high force levels to be increased, consequently requiring an increase to the posterior anchorage levels.

The treatment mechanics to be presented in this guide emerged precisely from an alternative idea for solving these problems,

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turned up right at the initial phases of the treatment using both the edgewise arch and the straight-archwire techniques. The solution found was bonding Tip-Edge brackets on canines (TP Orthodontics, Inc.).

This alternative proved to be efficient, as it avoids the undesirable effects of increasing the overbite, yet requiring less control over posterior anchorage. This method may be considered both simple and versatile, as the canine brackets interchange is the only alteration to the original technique.