A-KAM, Bracket Positioning Device

Ambekar, Anand; Agrawal, Khushbu D; Madansure, Abhidnya; Sonawane, Manasi

doi:10.1177/0974909820180212

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“…Ultimately there will be an increase in treatment time or final occlusion which is less than ideal. 1 Recently various techniques have been described for improving bracket positioning most of these are helpful in improving the vertical positioning of the bracket during bonding. 1 The orthodontic treatment aims to move the teeth into a stable, aesthetic, and functional occlusion with every crown and root positioned ideally in three dimensions.…”

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“…1 Recently various techniques have been described for improving bracket positioning most of these are helpful in improving the vertical positioning of the bracket during bonding. 1 The orthodontic treatment aims to move the teeth into a stable, aesthetic, and functional occlusion with every crown and root positioned ideally in three dimensions. Orthodontists follow Andrews' six keys to normal occlusion to achieve this optimal occlusion.…”

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Andy’s ‘T-pin’Crown and root aligning auxillary

Deshmukh,

Ambekar,

Kangane

et al. 2023

IJODR

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Orthodontists strive for accurate bracket positioning as it helps in achieving an ideal occlusion more easily. For accurate bracket positioning in direct bonding, various hand-held dental instruments are used. Instruments such as, the Boone and Dougherty gauges, MBT gauges, A-KAM and various other modifications, are used for accurate positioning of brackets. Sometimes the bracket can easily slip when the instrument is removed. So, position adjustments are difficult with such an instrument. Indirect bonding is an easy solution, but it is time-consuming and there is no precise repositioning of brackets that fall off and it does not provide proper root paralleling. This led us to develop an auxiliary which can be used for crown and root paralleling or aligning, horizontal, vertical and axial positioning of bracket (Pre-Treatment assessment) during direct bonding. This will avoid the step of repositioning of the bracket at mid or end of the treatment.

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Andy’s ‘T-pin’Crown and root aligning auxillary

Deshmukh,

Ambekar,

Kangane

et al. 2023

IJODR

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Reduction techniques for difficult subtrochanteric fractures

Kokkalis

Mavrogenis

Ntourantonis

et al. 2018

Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol

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Subtrochanteric fractures can result from high-energy trauma in young patients or from a fall or minor trauma in the elderly. Intramedullary nails are currently the most commonly used implants for the stabilization of these fractures. However, the anesthetic procedure for the patients, the surgical reduction and osteosynthesis for the fractures are challenging. The anesthetic management of orthopedic trauma patients should be based upon various parameters that must be evaluated before the implementation of any anesthetic technique. Surgery- and patient-related characteristics and possible comorbidities must be considered during the pre-anesthetic evaluation. Adequate fracture reduction and proper nail entry point are critical. Understanding of the deforming forces acting on various fracture patterns and knowledge of surgical reduction techniques are essential in obtaining successful outcomes. This article discusses the intraoperative reduction techniques for subtrochanteric fractures in adults and summarizes tips and tricks that the readers may find useful and educative.

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Visiogauge: A Modified MBT Gauge

Gaur¹,

Mehta²,

Bajaj³

et al. 2021

Journal of Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences and Technology

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Bracket placement is an integral part of orthodontic treatment and it is needless to say that appropriate placement of the brackets is the most desirable. Over time, many devices and aids have been made to help an orthodontist to achieve this aim of placing the bracket to the most desirable position, but for some other reason, most of them have failed to achieve the desired position. In the present scenario, the most useable instrument for this purpose is the MBT gauge, which even though has its shortcomings, but has proven quite effective. One of its major disadvantages has been its non-ergonomic design because of which the orthodontist has no direct or indirect vision for the placement and as a result, the operator has to bend in a fatiguing posture or place it arbitrarily. To overcome this obstacle, we have custom-made “Visiogauge” which has an ergonomic-friendly design to help the doctor in achieving ease to use indirect vision. It not only would cater to the orthodontist to correct posture but would also enable him to achieve a higher level of precision in bracket positioning making it the required third eye. How to cite this article: Gaur G, Mehta S, Bajaj K, et al. Visiogauge: A Modified MBT Gauge. J Mahatma Gandhi Univ Med Sci Tech 2020;5(2):66–68.

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A-KAM, Bracket Positioning Device

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Andy’s ‘T-pin’Crown and root aligning auxillary

Andy’s ‘T-pin’Crown and root aligning auxillary

Reduction techniques for difficult subtrochanteric fractures

Visiogauge: A Modified MBT Gauge

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