The natural tooth pontic was stabilized in the extraction socket with a resin-wire splint as a provisional restoration to maintain the gingival architecture while the permanent bridge was being constructed.
Gradual passive physiotherapy would be started after removal of K-wires and splint.
At 7 weeks, the Kirschner wires and splint were removed, and the patient was started on intensive rehabilitation for an additional 3 months.
So a modified resistance wire with aluminum splints was developed.
All the models contained the incisors and canines, their periodontal ligament layers (PDLs), the supporting bone (both spongy and cortical), and a pentaflex splinting wire placed in the lingual side of the teeth.
Lee et al. stated that operative treatment with suture fixation is unstable and requires supplementary immobilization with a splint; K-wire fixation provides improved stability over sutures, but supplementary splint immobilization is also required [25].
series 35 (35) P100%0% Industrial Transverse (100%) K-wires (extra-articular) Antegrade insertion (N = 20), mid-lateral approach with retrograde insertion (N = 15), 1 or 2 pieces; no splint, K-wire removal 5 6 weeks IV Al-Qattan [21] Pros.
cohort 78 (78) P1266% Industrial Transverse (100%) K-wires (transarticular) Antegrade or retrograde insertion (fixed MCPJ, free PIPJ), 2 pieces; palmar splint 10 days, K-wire removal 4 5 weeks IV Interosseous loop wires Dorsal approach/adjusting existing laceration, longitudinally splitting extensor tendon; light bandage overnight Al-Qattan [24] Retro.
The construct is held with the detached splint and a cerclage wire.
A custom orthodontic palatal splint was cemented and wired to the maxillary molars.
Therefore, the purpose of this study was to quantify the degree of mandibular teeth's movement and changes in stress distribution around supporting tissues of mandibular anterior teeth splinted by a pentaflex wire with four different labiolingual inclinations (incisal mandibular plane angle (IMPA) = 80°, 90°, 100°, and 110°).
