title: The Simplicity System: the innovation of concept and technique.
abstract: The Simplicity System is a custom comprehensive orthodontic system for treating 80+% of all orthodontic cases seen. It uses indirect bonding, and specific diagnostic criteria, to incorporate the Diagnostic Goals and the Treatment Goals into the Bonding Phase. This is accomplished by creating a Positioner type setup model, which has been manufactured to incorporate the finished arch form (created from diagnostic criteria) into the initial indirect bonding trays for correct bracket placement. Light wire forces are the engine that moves the teeth, and the teeth are guided into their final treatment position by the Roth Bracket prescription, mesial stops at the first molars that give the starting wire the correct arch length needed and a wire size that fills the slot from the start of treatment. For molar anchorage and lateral development, when needed, the incorporation of lingual arches upper and lower are placed at the start of treatment. The entire treatment is designed to be accomplished using only two treatment wires. Most non-extraction cases finish treatment in 12 to 16 months.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D001840:Dental Bonding; D006801:Humans; D016910:Orthodontic Brackets; D009969:Orthodontic Wires; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*