Smart distalization of the upper arch with an easy, efficient and no-compliance procedure.

In conventional Class II treatment, distalisation of the maxillary arch usually requires multiple phases of tooth movement during which anchorage loss can occur. In order to solve this issue, a rational and simple technique has been developed. Instead of using intraoral distalisers along with palatal mini-implants, Ni-Ti superelastic loops are used to obtain molar distalisation while buccal interradicular miniscrews (BIM), preferably placed between the roots of upper premolars, supply the necessary anchorage.

A hybrid straightwire technique.

An original straightwire appliance was developed in order to easily adapt force and friction to the different stages and needs of treatment. The appliance features: (1) conventional brackets with a 0.020×0.

Palatally impacted canines: the double traction technique.

When closed eruption is used to recover palatally impacted canines, patients risk a second surgical operation because the traction attachment could come off or the wire ligature, which is connected to the attachment, could break. In order to reduce this risk, a new simple technique has been developed. Instead of the classic single one, two attachments are bonded to the impacted canine.