title: [The technique characteristic and clinical application of HX straight-wire appliance].
abstract: HX straight-wire appliance (HX-SWA) is designed and adjusted by doctors of Orthodontic Department, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University. It is a set of appliance that is constructed according to normal occlusion features of the Chinese people, including the prescription of tip, torque, in/out, counter-tip, counter-rotation and overcorrection in brackets and buccal tubes. Some ingredients of the appliance are different from that of the most popular Roth straight-wire appliance in the world wide. Over a period of the last 10 years, doctors in our hospital kept on summarizing treatment experience with HX-SWA, which will help more doctors promote practice and results in orthodontic clinic.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Orthodontics, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Ding
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Song-Jiao
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Yang-Xi
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhi-He
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D003766:Dental Occlusion; D006801:Humans; D009969:Orthodontic Wires; D012399:Rotation