摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an orthodontic corrective appliance, especially for removing malposition of molars. <P>SOLUTION: The appliance 1 includes a thrust element, which is guided in a sleeve and is acted by a compression spring, wherein a free end of the thrust element extends fro the sleeve and is provided with a connecting member, which is applied to a supporting device 3. A number of small tubes are provided on an outer surface of the first sleeve, which are uniformly distributed one after the other. The sleeve having inner bores in which a spacer bar, which extends parallel to the sleeve, is guided and supported, where the end of the spacer bar that points towards the connecting member is supported on one of the tubes, and where the end of the spacer bar that faces away from the connecting member is supported on a transpalatal arch member 30, a Gashgarion lock or similar element. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT</p> |