Piggy Back Spring

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TD-03

The piggyback spring is a specially designed compression spring device to move teeth apart during orthodontic treatments. 

Areas of application
Indications:

  • Gaining space with crowded front teeth
  • Gap opening in the posterior region
  • Rotation of teeth
  • Erecting lingually tilted lower canines (CC)
  • Mesializing the anterior posterior teeth
  • Distalizing posterior teeth
The piggyback spring is a compression spring element that can be clamped on

Sizes
Six different lengths allow space to be gained from the individual tooth area to the canine-canine distance. Different colors are assigned to the individual sizes. With full compression approx. 200 cN force development (progressively decreasing).

  • transparent / F1 - bypassing an anterior bracket 
  • orange / B1 - bypassing a side bracket 
  • red / F2 - bypassing 2 anterior brackets 
  • blue / B2 - bypassing 2 side brackets 
  • green / U3 - bypassing 3 brackets (universal)
  • black / CC - canine-canine distance
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