A New Device to Place
Elastic Separators
Published: November 1, 2015 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2015/.6727
Bhuwan Saklecha, Pawankumar Dnyandeo Tekale, Chetan O Agarwal, Arun Mhaske, Harshal Patil
1. Senior Lecturer, Department of Orthodontics, Index Institute of Dental Sciences, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
2. Senior Lecturer, Department of Orthodontics, Dr. Rajesh Ramdasji Kambe Dental College and Hospital, Akola, Maharashtra, India.
3. Private Practice, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
4. Senior Lecturer, Department of Orthodontics, Dr D.Y. Patil Dental School, Lohegaon, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
5. Post Graduate Student, Department of Orthodontics, ACPM Dental College Dhule, Maharashtra, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Pawankumar Dnyandeo Tekale,
Director and Orthodontist, Dnyanita Orthodontic care, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.
E-mail: pawan0804@gmail.com
Separation of teeth is an important and integral aspect of orthodontic treatment. Elastomeric separators are the most common devices used today which require special instrument to place them. The purpose of this study was to design a separator placing instrument of dental probe/explorer which can be used as an alternative to the special instrument required. The materials required were two dental probes/explorers, a light wire plier and elastomeric separators. The modified instrument made is easy to fabricate, inexpensive and can partially or completely replace the special separator placing plier.
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