Arch Treatment

- The stages of arch treatment
- Bracket design
- Standard Straight-Wire brackets
- Translation brackets
- Bracket sets
- Bracket siting
- Efficient and effective arch treatment strategies
- Force systems

Arch treatment is largely based upon the Interim Core Discrepancy (ICD) learned from diagnosis. The ICD will indicate: extraction vs. non-extraction, which brackets to be used, and the force systems needed to correct the length of the arch. All stages of arch treatment including aligning, leveling, arch width, arch shape, and arch length will be explained. Bracket design, bracket selection, bracket siting, archwire sequence, archwire shape, and force systems are all critical to success.

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