Single Tooth Torquing Auxiliary
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Correspondence
Dr. Benoy Mathew,
Professor, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Annoor Dental College,
Ernakulam-686673, Kerala, India.
E-mail: valia1122@gmail.com; anvar732@gmail.com
This paper demonstrates the biomechanics used in orthodontics for the labial movement of a lingually blocked out tooth. Alignment of a lingually blocked out tooth with proper expression of labial root torque is often challenging as creation of a moment to force ratio of higher than 10:1 is difficult in the oral environment. This high moment to force ratio is needed to move the root of the tooth ahead of the crown. Here, we demonstrate a very simple spring that can torque the root ahead of crown and align the teeth to the remaining dentition by maintaining the moment to force ratio in a more than 10:1 value. This will move the root ahead of crown into the medullary area and the crown follows the root into a good alignment.