Abstract
BackgroundSince many years, various bonding attachments have been used as a mode of traction for surgically exposed impacted teeth. It has always been a challenge to select an attachment considering predictability of the bonded attachment, mucogingival and periodontal conditions of the overlying tissues, and additional inventory requirement.MethodsA 0.010-in. stainless steel ligature wire with eyelets at one end and spiral twisted at the other end was made and used as an attachment to guide surgically exposed impacted canine.ResultsOrthodontic guided eruption of an impacted canine of a 16-year-old patient using this simple attachment with 1-year follow-up illustrates adequate amount of attached gingiva.ConclusionsLigature wire attachment is a simple inexpensive attachment that can be custom made without any need for additional inventory, besides being more comfortable to patients.
Highlights
Since many years, various bonding attachments have been used as a mode of traction for surgically exposed impacted teeth
Over many years of orthodontic history, various methods of attachment have been used for bonding impacted tooth during closed eruption technique [1]
* Correspondence: drrekhagarg@rediffmail.com 1Department of Orthodontics, Manav Rachna Dental College, Faridabad, Haryana 121006, India 2210, Ashoka Enclave Main, Sector 35, Faridabad, Haryana, India Full list of author information is available at the end of the article wire into a spiral at the end using a bird beak plier (Figure 1b)
Summary
Various bonding attachments have been used as a mode of traction for surgically exposed impacted teeth. Background Over many years of orthodontic history, various methods of attachment have been used for bonding impacted tooth during closed eruption technique [1]. A simple and inexpensive attachment technique has been developed to reduce the bond failure rates and discomfort to the patient during orthodontic tooth movement of an impacted teeth. Low profile of the attachment and its excellent adaptability to tooth surface is advantageous specially during tunnel traction technique [3,4] wherein impacted teeth has to pass between two normally placed cortical plates towards the center of the alveolar ridge [5].
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