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OJW Major URLs
The rationale, wiring instructions
and video of
self-wiring and the Jaw position [click
here]
OJW Orthodontic Jaw Wiring brackets with
vertical posts allowing for easier rewiring and clearer speech
See also below an innovation to make jaw wiring 50% easer for the both the
doctor and the patient"
The "Bite-Stick" method of Orthodontic Jaw wiring (See below)
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| Note the vertical posts on these brackets: they allow the patient to rewire themselves even more easily. See below right and left. | MOREOVER THEY ALLOW THE JAWS TO BE WIRED A GREATER DISTANCE APART INCREASING THE CLARITY OF SPEECH APPRECIABLY |
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| OJW wiring in place: right | ATTENTION: NOTE THAT THE BRACKETS BEAR A COLOR CODED DOT WHICH DISAPPEARS IN MINUTES. |
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The "Bite Stick" method of OJW November 28, 2012 |
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| Patient bites on a solid rod (tooth pick) placed between the teeth and preferably behind the last tooth bearing a bracket and about 2.0mm-3.0 mm thick. Patient continues to bite on the rod until the wiring is complete. | The wiring is completed using the typical "Figure 8 configuration": (lower strand wrapping around brackets 1, 2,3 and finally 6...The wire is wrapped snugly |
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| The wire is wrapped snugly ...and the upper strand wrapping around brackets 1,4,5 and finally meeting the lower strand in front of bracket #6 |
The wire is wrapped snugly
and twisted into a pigtail in the front. When the straw is removed the wire will then be lax thereby allowing the maximum interarch space possible. Note space between teeth allowing the Jaw to move (exercise) and thereby minimizing the possibility of the jaw joints becoming stiff. |
