SELF LIGATION www.speedsystem.com Is the SPEED Appliance fully pre-adjusted? Yes! SPEED is a fully pre-adjusted appliance. The appliance is available in both .018 and .022 slot sizes. Standard Tip angles are built into every SPEED attachment. Each SPEED bracket has a specific base adaptor which provides its corresponding tooth with both an angular and translational offset. SPEED is available in 4 popular Torque prescriptions: • The Hanson prescription • The Regular Torque or Roth* prescription • The Medium Torque or MBT** prescription • The High Torque or Bio-Progressive prescription Labial-lingual relationships are controlled by the combined effect of the anatomically contoured bonding pad (base) and the presence, or absence, of an in-out adaptor. Bonding pads are contoured mesio-distally and occluso-gingivally for the best possible fit to their corresponding tooth surface. In-out adaptors are incorporated into the lateral incisor and bicuspid brackets. This control of individual bracket thickness ensures an ideal arch form. Upper Canine Bracket without in-out adaptor Upper 2nd Bicuspid Bracket with in-out adaptor No! It is not necessary to angulate bracket slots into extraction sites or to use special extraction series brackets. Excellent root parallelism is maintained during extraction space closure without changing bracket angulation from the ideal. This is due to the unique homing action of the Spring Clip in restoring a close fit between the archwire and the entire length of the occlusal wall of the archwire slot after even the smallest amount of crown tipping. What governs the labial-lingual relationship of the dental arch form? Are special extraction-series brackets required with SPEED? Spring Clip Bracket Body In-Out Adaptor Pad SPEED was first to offer both an angular and translational offset. The result – a more smoothly contoured finishing arch. (* Does not imply endorsement. ** MBT is a trademark of 3M/Unitek.) 14
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