Guiding jig for accurate placement of temporary anchorage implants

Abstract

Introduction: Temporary anchorage devices are becoming an integral component of fixed orthodontic armamentarium. Success of implants, to a large extent depends on selecting and placing them in an ideal bone space. Locating the exact spot is critical and error of even a millimeter may injure the adjacent root. It is therefore advisable that guidance to locate the spot be utilized especially by a novice to refrain from untoward injury to neighboring anatomical structures. This paper describes about an efficient guiding jig that can be easily fabricated within few minutes of chair side time.

Keywords

• chair side
• orthodontic temporary anchorage device (tad)
• wire jig