PREFABRICATED ELEMENTS FOR APPLICATION IN A SPLINTS SYSTEM FOR CORRECTING MALOCCLUSION IN ORTHODONTICS

摘要

Prefabricated elements applicable in a system of ferrules for correcting orthodontic malocclusions, consisting of a wire with a central zone (4), which may incorporate protuberances (8), loops (9) and/or bends (10), and wavy retentive zones (5) and (6) and also plates (11 ) and triangles (12), which can adopt various forms and be made from one, two or four parts joined to an attachment mechanism (7), depending on the type and function of each one; said wire is incorporated into devices having predetermined active or passive effects introduced during production thereof and which are cemented into the mouth in a fixed manner; said devices are used in combination with removable or cemented rigid or semi-rigid transparent ferrules (2) that may be complete (2a), partial (2b) or individual (2c), and with working platforms (3) designed, in each case, with different form and position, in the working models.