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An open coil spring is placed between the two brackets slots adjacent to a blocked-out tooth. The major challenge faced during placement of this open coil spring is the disengagement of the wire from the slot before steel ligation of the brackets. This Trick of the Trade describes its easier placement with a modified tweezer.
Open coil spring placement has always been a tedious chairside task for an orthodontist. Traditionally, it is placed to obtain enough space so as to get the blocked-out tooth into occlusion. The open coil spring is compressed between the two adjacent bracket slots and steel ligation is carried out. The major challenge faced during placement of this open coil spring is the disengagement of the wire from the bracket slot before steel ligation. Occasionally, failure to engage the wire leads to debonding of the bracket. Various techniques have previously been tried to secure the open coil spring into the archwire, but they have their own disadvantages of customized fabrications.1,2 This novel Trick of the Trade describes an easier way to ensure efficient placement of the spring using a modified tweezer.
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