Highlights
- •InBrace moves teeth in all six df through programmed nonsliding mechanics.
- •Digital customization allows for predictable, programmed tooth movement.
- •Through programmed nonsliding mechanics and digital customization, InBrace moves teeth on autopilot.
ABSTRACT
Orthodontic tooth movement occurs in six degrees of freedom, which includes opening
and closing spaces. Traditionally, opening and closing spaces are achieved with auxiliaries
such as power chains or springs because all traditional bracket systems cannot achieve
this tooth movement by themselves. The InBrace system has the capability to program
tooth movement in all six degrees of freedom, including opening and closing spaces,
through digital customization and its use of Programmed Non-Sliding Mechanics.
Keywords
Abbreviations:
PNM (Programmed Non-Sliding Mechanics), DE (Digital Enhancement), IDB (Indirect bonding), FEA (Finite element analysis)To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: November 08, 2022
Accepted:
October 8,
2022
Received:
August 15,
2022
Footnotes
Funding: Hongsheng Tong, Robert J. Lee, Andre Weissheimer, and John Pham have a financial interest in the InBrace system.
Competing interests: Authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. Hongsheng Tong, Robert J. Lee, Andre Weissheimer, and John Pham are shareholders of the InBrace system. Hongsheng Tong, Robert J. Lee, and John Pham receive royalties for their patent on the InBrace system.
Provenance and peer review: Commissioned; internally peer reviewed
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