Tube-Align Cosmetic Braces
Available in fashionable colours or metal.
Coloured for illustration
Salient features
Slimline tubes bonded behind the teeth enabling rapid alignment and unsurpassed
rotational control.
All movement done using .012 or .014 NiTi pre curved arch wires.
Treatment largely unnoticeable.
Patients not required to remove and replace appliances.
Partial or non compliance restricting progress completely eliminated.
Simple to use requiring minimal training.
Highly cost effective.
Can be placed labially or even lingually in selected cases.
When bonded lingually wire can be left in place as semi permanent fixed retention.
Lingual tubes are metal to improve bonding accuracy.
For Example
An .012/.014 preformed NiTi arch wire is simply fed through the tunnels in a reversed loop fashion
No need for elastic ties !
Ultra-light CL II elastics to upper 3 PRO PLUS brackets as anchorage when aligning upper incisors
Ultra-light CL III elastics to lower 3 PRO PLUS brackets as anchorage when aligning Lower incisors
The .012/.014 NiTi arch wires are fed through the deep tunnel on the 3’s for additional rotational control
Note the elastic engagement on the extended gingival tie wings placed on the 3’s
No need for unsightly hooks !
Clinical example of a lingual approach
An example of a patient requesting ‘Social Six’ treatment only.
Comparing this simple cost effective approach to Clear Aligner Treatment (CAT)
The metal tubes allow for more accurate bonding due the classical shape of the bonding base
At placement using an .014 NiTi arch wire.
VITALLY IMPORTANT TO USE A PRE FORMED NITI ARCH WIRE TO MAINTAIN THE ANTERIOR CURVED SHAPE
Introducing TubeAlign
At placement using an .014 NiTi arch wire VITALLY IMPORTANT TO USE A PRE FORMED NITI ARCH WIRE TO MAINTAIN THE ANTERIOR CURVED SHAPE
(Do not DB – Too early – keep in position for at least 3-4 Months)
Clinical example of a lingual approach
No expensive laboratory procedures or patient cooperation required.
Only 20 minutes of total chair time required to complete treatment.
At placement
At only 4 weeks
Intra-oral offset placed to retract 12 more
At 5 weeks
Note the improvement of 12 a week later
Vital Tip!
Showing even slight over correction of 11 vs 21 at 5 weeks using pre formed .014 NiTi
Treatment completed in 5 weeks – However, it is NOT advised to remove the braces prematurely! – It will be extremely painful – Keep appliance in place for at least 3-4 months or even longer as semi permanent retention
Important Fact
Tube-align is the ideal precursor to advanced Clear Aligner Treatment
