Course Outline for Dr. Roncone
The Ins and Outs of Self-Ligation
This lecture will tell you everything you have wanted to know about self-ligation treatment as well as some things you may not want to know.
It will focus on the self-ligating series of brackets, appropriate wires, and sequencing tips and tricks for easier, quicker finishing.
The simplicity of the new invisible self-ligating system (for alignment of the anteriors) will be highlighted.
Lingual minor tooth movement is meant for relatively simple, cosmetic changes and it certainly offers much more control, no laboratory fees, and much shorter treatment times than clear aligners.
Topics to be Covered
- Is friction always bad?
- The real truth about Passive, Interactive and Active brackets.
- A comparison of various self-ligating brackets.
- Is there a “magic” bracket?
- Can any bracket make the difference between extraction and non-extraction?
- Can a bracket suspend the laws of biology?
- Can any self-ligating bracket work faster than the others?
- How important are wires to the process?
- Do we need “special” size or force wires?
- How does a self ligating bracket change your practice?
- Which brackets are easiest to use?
- Which brackets are most comfortable?
- The difference between the Biozone and the End zone.
- What does the literature say?
- Are multiple bracket prescriptions necessary?
- Can a case be finished?.... Easily?
- What about retention?
- The areas in which orthodontists should change their mindset.
- Lingual Minor Tooth Movement
