Slingshot – An Easy Way Out
Published: April 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/24889.9700
SHILPA M KENDRE, KHUSHBU D AGRAWAL, SURESH K KANGANE, ANAND S AMBEKAR
1. Postgraduate Student, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Maharashtra Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Latur, Maharashtra, India.
2. Postgraduate Student, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Maharashtra Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Latur, Maharashtra, India.
3. Professor and Head, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Maharashtra Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Latur, Maharashtra, India.
4. Professor, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Maharashtra Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Latur, Maharashtra, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Shilpa M Kendre,
Postgraduate Student, Department of Orthodontics, Midsr Dental College, Vishwanathpuram,
Ambajogai Road, Latur-413531, Maharashtra, India.
E-mail: shilpabikkad@yahoo.in
Orthodontic alignment of ectopically placed incisors or canines can be challenging and time consuming. A variety of techniques are used to align such palatally or lingually placed teeth including indirect ties with ligature wires, E-chains, piggy-back methods. This article presents two case reports to describe an effective technique using ‘slingshot’ method. It is a relatively simple and rapid method which is operator friendly and easily tolerated by the patients.
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