CC369. Torquing Spring & Damon

Shocked by the Shark -The Remarkable Journey of New Lingual Appliances
In 1998, my good friend, Dr. Takemoto, told me about a new straight wire lingual bracket he was going to develop. At that time, I personally didn’t think it was such a good idea. In fact, I thought it would be impossible to construct and additionally, would not provide a practical approach. How he has proved me wrong!
For those of you unfamiliar with these braces, you may think that they can only be used to solve very easy cases. If so, I think you will be ‘shocked by the Shark’ and I suggest that you start reading this edition on p.108, to see just how effective this revolutionary design can be. For 18 years, Dr. Takemoto invested blood, sweat and tears in his design. Finally, after numerous clinical trials his appliance was launched in partnership with Dr. Scuzzo earlier this year. Whole new revolutionary straight wire lingual braces are now here!!
There are 3 reasons why his new brackets are so remarkable. Firstly, as the name suggests, the braces use a straight wire. Secondly, they are also self-ligating. Thirdly, the wire slot is square, not rectangular. With availability of new high-tech soft wires, full engagement of full size wires are now possible. This is a radical change, which I believe could replace the Edgewise, the orthodontic standard, designed by Dr. Angle way back in 1924.
To invent something like this can take so long, 18 years in fact! Hats off to Dr. Takemoto. He has achieved his goal! What makes it even more amazing are the three revolutionary features in one bracket, which make it so powerful, so easy to use and so comfortable for patients. I am amazed at how one man can be so innovative to create something which most people either dismiss or seriously doubt to be possible. I hope that when you use these braces in your practice, you will truly appreciate how much one man’s passion can help you and your patients to enjoy the rewards of his endeavours. I encourage you to try them, and as like me, I feel you will be ‘shocked’ by the results.
I can only hope that some of us can aspire to emulate these remarkable lingual masters such as Drs. Takemoto and Scuzzo (Inventor of digital setup for Alias), and allow orthodontists to continue along this revolutionary path to glory. We should never give up on our aspirations. As the great golfer Arnold Palmer once said, “The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they can’t be done.”
Chris Chang DDS, PhD, IJOI Publisher.

[@mihaela-andradafita2831]

Would the buccal root torque solve the problem of a frontal incisor which is oriented a little forwarder than the rest of teeth? Thank you so, so much. You are amazing.

[@ricardoorozco3437]

thanks to this video i finally understood why if i was using right the torque spring; the premolar i was trying to torque didn´t move at all.... is necessary to use a stainless steel arch wire to distribute the reaction on all the teeth... i was usin a gummetal wire on a torque spring... and the negative reaction i got was on the wire in the section of the main tooth i was trying to move positive... the action and reacton were on the same tooth ... the result was 0.... no movement of the root!! because i was usin a flexible wire... if the wire is rigid then the negative reaction is distributed to all adjacent teeth and the action is still on the one single teeth i want to move! so the single teeth will move very positive and all the other teeth will move each one little little negative

[@samuelgrobstein5232]

According to Ch.Burstone: "Auxillary root spring on an adgewise arch designed to move the maxillary roots to the lingual - Is this possible? If the spring is bent to push lingually on the crown, the edgewise wire will twist to produce labial root torque. This is an example of an impossible (ineffective) appliance. Placing the auxiliary on a round wire makes the mechanism possible".

[@donghokang3634]

that isn't perfectly right if you consider the play btw the wire and the bkt.

[@samuelgrobstein5232]

@@donghokang3634 Thank You for reply and explanation. That was a citation from Burstone's last book.

[@swapniljunnarkar6530]

Which wire is used to fabricate the spring and for which dimension of archwire

[@ChrisChangOrtho]

Please refer the e-course to get more information. Thank you! orthobonescrew.com/mp.html

[@naditakarola]

I want to know the same😢