Clinical observation of 10 malocclusion patients treated with self-ligating bracket appliance
LU Shi-ying
TAN Gui-ping
HUANG Min-fang
Abstract：Objective To explore the advantages and disadvantages of self-ligating bracket appliance in the treatment of malocclusion patients .Methods The treatment information of 10 malocclusion patients had been treated voluntarily with self-ligating bracket appliance in department of orthodontics ,the People′s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from 2010 to 2013 were collected and their treatment course ,method and effect were analyzed and summarised.Ten cases included 4 extracted cases,4 unextracted cases,one treated by moving molar distally and one having periodontopathy .Results The longest treatment course was 26 months,the shortest 9 months,average (17 ± 6.04)months.Dentitions were level and orderly.Overjet and overbite were normal range.Occlusion were compact. Conclusion Self-ligating bracket appliance has special structure and could reduce friction between arch and brack -et,so reduce drawing force .Teeth could be leveled fast .and orderly course of dentition was short .Pain during treat-ment was light .So self-ligating appliance was effective .
Keywords：Self-ligating bracketOrthodonticsMalocclusionFriction
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 1043-1046 )