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Volume 8 Issue 10 (October, 2020)

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Reverse Bracket Placement & Torque Results in Dentofacial Orthopaedics- A Review
Dr. Ashutosh Purushottam Tadwalkar, Dr. Maulik Vaidya, Dr. Sushil Bhagwan Mahajan, Dr. Maitri Patel, Dr. Yasaswini MS, Dr. Dhananjay Rathod

The torque is a shear-based moment, that is a force which has been obtained from a twisted spring wire in its effort to un-twist itself which causes the rotation. In dentistry, it prevails to the facio-lingual root movement and also control. Moreover, it also refers to the amount of twist which has been applied to an arch wire in the bracket engagement or for the activation. In spite of the advent of various treatment concepts, the appliance systems, torque prescriptions and the considerable research done in the past, torque is still a mystery. The main key is to understand is to learn how to manage the torque properly by focusing on the technical as well as the biomechanical purposes that led to the changes of the torque values over time. The present review focuses on the importance of torque in orthodontics and how bracket positioning modifies the nature of the torque applied. Keywords: Preadjusted Brackets, Reverse bracket, Torque, Torque expression.

 
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