Open AccessPositioning of the knot in the steel wire in relation to the tooth and the Erich bars. Technical note
Author(s) -
Gabriela Maffeis D'Assumpção Simões,
Rogério Henrique Berardi,
José Lineu Pereira Ogoshi,
Fernando Kendi Horikawa,
Iron Ricardo Machado Snidei,
Élio Hitoshi Shinohara
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
archives of health investigation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2317-3009
DOI - 10.21270/archi.v10i7.5210
Subject(s) - bar (unit) , twist , knot (papermaking) , orthodontics , computer science , materials science , dentistry , structural engineering , engineering , composite material , geology , medicine , mathematics , geometry , oceanography
Erich bar is a basic technique for restoring occlusal alignment in patients with facial fractures. Although this method is used worldwide, there is no description of what is the best way to stabilize the bar that should be anchored tooth to tooth with steel wire. We describe the method of stabilizing the bar of current use in our Service. We indicate the use of this technique because it stabilizes the bar and, in our opinion, it reduces the need to twist the knots during the patient's return.