Abstract
D e n t a l implants are increasingly used as a source of orthodontic anchorage. They may be placed solely for that purpose or used first for anchorage and then as prosthetic abutments. Several methods have been described for attaching orthodontic brackets to dental implants. Roberts 1 suggests forming a loop in the orthodontic wire and securing it to the implant with the cover screw of a transcutaneous post, and Higuchi and Slack 2 reported attaching the bracket to a composite crown. Shapiro and Kokich 3 embedded an orthodontic bracket in the buccal surface of a cast semiprecious crown, as did Stean. 4 We have found that soldering the orthodontic bracket directly to the second stage nonrotating gold
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