SPEED Users Guide

TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. .................................................................................................................................. 1 SPEED — THE NEW PARADIGM............................................................................................................3 HOW THE SPEED APPLIANCE WORKS...................................................................................................5 THE SPEED APPLIANCE.........................................................................................................................6 ARCHWIRE PLANE SELECTION..............................................................................................................9 BRACKET PLACEMENT.........................................................................................................................10 BONDING SPEED ATTACHMENTS........................................................................................................14 INDIRECT BONDING SPEED ATTACHMENTS........................................................................................17 SPEED ARCHWIRES.............................................................................................................................19 RECOMMENDED ARCHWIRE PROGRESSION.......................................................................................21 SPEED APPLIANCE MECHANICS...........................................................................................................24 SPEED HOOKS....................................................................................................................................25 SPEED ARCHWIRE HOOKS..................................................................................................................27 HOW AND WHEN TO LIGATE.............................................................................................................29 ELASTOMERICS AND THE SPEED APPLIANCE.......................................................................................30 SPLIT STOPS™ AND THE SPEED APPLIANCE........................................................................................30 SPEED IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM..........................................................................................................31 SPEED SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION CHART..............................................................................................32 RECYCLING SPEED BRACKETS.............................................................................................................33 TRANSFER PATIENTS...........................................................................................................................33 SPEED COURSES.................................................................................................................................33 THE SPEED UNIVERSITY PLAN.............................................................................................................33 ADDITIONAL READING.......................................................................................................................34 NOTES. .............................................................................................................................................. 35 “SPEED System” is a Trademark of Hespeler Orthodontics Limited. SPEED Products are Patent Protected. ©2008 SPEED System Orthodontics. All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without the expressed written permission of SPEED System Orthodontics - Hespeler Orthodontics Limited.

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