background and aims: to obtain maximum advantages from orthodontic fixed appliances and to achieve the desired final occlusion, correct bracket positioning is highly necessary. in order to measure and determine bracket’s height, diverse gauges have been used. the objective of the present study is to determine and compare bracket positioning accuracy by using height bracket positioning gauge (hb...

BACKGROUND In straight wire preadjusted appliances, all the information required to position the teeth in three planes is included in the brackets placed at the midpoint of the facial axis of the clinical crown, defined by facial axis point (FA). Central to this technique is the bracket placement.Preadjusted orthodontic appliances cannot get the right tooth position with a straight wire because...

An in vitro study was conducted to evaluate the accuracy of bracket placement for direct and indirect bonding techniques. Nineteen sets of duplicated Class II malocclusion models were divided into three groups: (1) one set for ideal bracket placement, (2) nine sets for direct bonding on mannequins, and (3) nine sets for indirect bonding. Both direct and indirect bonding were performed on all te...

In orthodontics bracket positioning is the key to good results beside good diagnosis and treatment planning. All the advocates of different appliance system laid stress on proper positioning of brackets Accurate bracket placement is very important since it affects torque, tip, in/out , vertical positioning and rotation. The purpose of this article is to review the work of notable orthodontists ...

statement of problem: bracket de-bonding during initial orthodontic archwire placement immediately after bracket set up or following re-bonding a single bracket can be a clinical concern. purpose: the aim of this in vitro study was to assess the effect of time on the shear bond strength of a no-mix orthodontic composite adhesive. materials and methods: seventy freshly extracted human upper firs...

This article reports the orthodontic treatment ofa 25-year-old female patient whose chief complaint was the inclination of the maxillary occlusal plane in front view. The individualized vertical placement of brackets is described. This placement made possible a symmetrical occlusal plane to be achieved in a rather straightforward manner without the need for further technical resources.

OBJECTIVE To compare speech performance and levels of oral impairment between two types of lingual brackets. METHODS A parallel-group randomized controlled trial was carried out on patients with Class II, Division 1 malocclusion treated at the University of Hama School of Dentistry in Hama, Syria. A total of 46 participants (mean age: 22.3 ± 2.3 years) with maxillary dentoalveolar protrusion ...