Key Features & Benefits

• Manufactured from commercially pure (CP) titanium and titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-7Nb) for biocompatibility
• Provides fixed anchorage for improved control of tooth movement
• Compatible with a variety of orthodontic devices including archwires, elastics, and springs
• Allows immediate loading and eliminates the need for extra-oral anchorage (i.e. headgear)
• Plate anchors can be adapted to the patient’s bony anatomy

Applications

• Used as an anchor for orthodontic procedures

Contraindications

• When cortical bone is less than 5 mm thick, or when there is insufficient quantity or quality of bone
• In deciduous or mixed dentition
• When active or latent infection is present
• In patients with an abnormal habit of mastication, as this may affect retention and stability of the device after implantation