The rulers can be printed out and will be the same size as our plastic rulers.

Pink Ruler (for Nite-Guide & Occlus-o-Guide)
White Ruler (for Ortho-T)

Cleats and Wires
Sometimes a patient might require additional rotation or movement of certain teeth and this can be easily accomplished with the placement of the rotation cleats and /or labio-lingual wires to the appliance.

To view any of the pictures below, in a larger size, just click on it.

• Inserting cleats:
  

  [1] Heat end (blue flame)		[3] Cleat inserted
  [2] Place cleat into appliance

  
  

  Click on Monograph #50 for more information on Rotation Cleats
  Labial and /or Lingual Rotation Cleats available for purchase from Ortho-Tain, Inc.

• Inserting Wire (.020")
  

  [1] Lab wire (.020")		[4] Snip wire
  [2] Push through lingual		[5] Finished wires
  [3] Turn into lingual

Click on Monograph #17 for more information on Labial - Lingual Wires

• Compliance

Younger children using the Nite - Guide appliance have 93% compliance since they wear the appliance only at night. Children over 7 years of age and adults need to wear the appliance during the day with exercise. With proper daytime wear together with nighttime wear the appliance will turn white within 2 days. If the appliance is not worn for 48 hours it becomes transparent again. When the appliance is only worn at night, it turns translucent.

White	Transparent (clear)	Translucent (cloudy)

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