Computer-aided interactive indirect bonding.
BACKGROUND
The introduction of the virtual occlusal set-up, limited to the permanent dentition with dento-dental and dento-alveolar discrepancies, based on the straight wire technique with final arches .020" x .025" ss in straight wire brackets .022" x .028" is an evolution of the 3D digital model with clinical impact.


OBJECTIVE
To present a computer-aided solution to orthodontic indirect bonding, allowing accurate positioning of straight-wire brackets based on a virtual occlusal set-up resulting from the treatment plan.


METHODS
Computer-aided indirect bonding was applied in two cases: a Class II patient in the permanent dentition, crowding, rotation of upper and lower bicuspids and a Class I patient in the permanent dentition with already extracted 1.4, 2.4, 3.4, 4.4, severe crowding, rotation, arch form reduction. Speed brackets were utilized in both cases.


RESULTS
In the first case the brackets' starting position on the patient corresponds to the final position on the virtual occlusal set-up. In the second case the resulting occlusion at the end of treatment corresponds to the final occlusion on the virtual occlusal set-up.


CONCLUSIONS
The computerized tools employed in the process enabled precise bracket placement on the stone model. An algorithm from the virtual set-up is the determinant for the precision.


CONCLUSIONS
Computer aided indirect bonding is a method of placing brackets precisely.
Garino
Francesco
F
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Garino
G Battista
GB
D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D001840:Dental Bonding / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D003765:Models, Dental; D016910:Orthodontic Brackets