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2. There is no “single” ideal bracket position. Bracket position
depends on the esthetic and functional needs of the individual
patient
where should the brackets be placed to
create this Beautiful smile arc...?
3. Smile arc:
The smile arc should be defined as the relationship of the
curvature of the incisal edges of the maxillary incisors and
canines to the curvature of the lower lip in the posed smile.
The ideal smile arc has the maxillary incisal edge curvature
parallel to the curvature of the lower lip upon smile
4. Concept of Bracket Positioning:
Positioning the upper brackets to protect or
enhance the smile arc has come to be called SAP (smile arc
protection)bracket positioning.
bracket positioning is individualized to meet each patient’s
esthetic needs so:
The upper incisor brackets are generally placed more
gingivally than the canine brackets.
The lower posterior brackets are placed somewhat
gingivally to avoid occlusion
The lower anterior brackets are placed somewhat incisally
to optimize overbite.
Lower Arch Compensation
In the lower arch, anteriors are “overleveled”
to allow development of the smile arc without
deepening the bite.
5. steps involved in SAP positioning of the anterior
brackets:
Recontouring the canines and lateral incisors. (if
required as aesthetic re-contouring improves the
ability to place brackets in a more ideal location to
maximize the smile arc, optimize axial inclination
and control first- and second-order changes in
tipping mechanics.)
The incisal edges of the canine bracket wings are
positioned gingival to the mesiodistal contact line.
The distance from the canine bracket slot to the
incisal edge of the canine is measured.
The central incisor bracket is placed about 1.5mm
more gingivally from its incisal edge than the
canine bracket is from its recontoured incisal edge.
The lateral incisor bracket is positioned .75-1mm
more incisally than the central incisor bracket.
Upper Buccal
Segment and Cuspid
The cuspid sets the
Smile Arc, divergence
continues through the
anteriors, and the
position of the
anteriors is critical.
7. SAP bracket positioning supports today’s esthetic philosophy
of
greater width in the upper posterior teeth, with minimal
negative space in the buccal corridors (referred to as the
“12-tooth smile”).
optimal axial inclination of the upper anterior teeth.
curved smile arc of the upper incisal edges, following the
curvature of the lower lip in a posed smile.
full enamel display of the upper anterior teeth with 1-
1.5mm of gingival display is the most esthetically pleasing
and youthful proportion for a posed smile.
8. Some practitioners have speculated that a more gingival
positioning of the maxillary anterior brackets might cause
undue tissue swelling.
The solution for this problem is to:
- ensure that no composite flash remains around the gingival
portion of the pad.
- good oral hygiene.
- proper nose breathing.
- lack of sensitivity to composite.
9. A technique known as the “Active Early” approach
comprises progressive case-management strategies that
complement SAP bracket positioning for early 3D control.
- Occlusal guides (bite turbos)
- immediate light, short elastics are used from the beginning
of treatment to match the lower occlusal plane with the
upper.
In a patient with deep overbite, this technique helps erupt
the lower molars and extrude the upper anterior teeth as it
moves them slightly clockwise.
10. Factors that can make it more difficult achieve adequate smile
arc include:
1. Inappropriate conventional bracket positioning, which typically reduces or
flattens the smile arc (and wire plane) during leveling.
2. The relative steepness or flatness of the occlusal plane (the flatter the plane,
the more difficult it is to manage the smile arc esthetically).
3. Incisor proclination, whether preexisting or iatrogenic.
4. A particularly broad anterior archform, in which the excessive intercanine
span tends to flatten the smile arc.
5. Steep upper canine tips and inappropriate canine bracket positioning in
relation to the incisors.
6. Irregular shapes or size disproportions among the incisors and canines.
11. 1.Effect of Bracket Position on Wire Plane:
The most esthetic and pleasant smile should
reveal full enamel length with 1-1.5mm of gingival display.
In deep bite cases :
Upper incisor intrusion is only rarely esthetically desirable, even
for a Class II, division 2 malocclusion.
the SAP bracket divergence in the upper arch is counteracted by
increased over leveling of the lower arch to achieve an
optimal overbite.
Because it is crucial not to deepen the bite while enhancing the
smile arc with individual bracket positioning, anterior bite
turbos should be used to allow eruption of the lower molars.
If the patient has a gummy smile:
an esthetic smile arc should be developed by using SAP bracket
positioning and temporary anchorage devices or utility aches
for intrusion, rather than relying on bracket position.
12. To develop a pleasing smile arc and positively affect the anterior
portion of the upper occlusal plane cant:
1. The maxillary anterior brackets are positioned
more gingivally for SAP than in traditional
techniques.
2. The maxillary archwire plane is then parallel
to the upper lip; the incisal edges of the upper
anterior teeth will follow the lower lip with
treatment.
Bracket placement concepts.
A. Traditional.
B. Slot at facial axis point.
C. SAP positioning.
13. 3. Placing the brackets more gingivally for SAP than in the
traditional technique causes divergence of the wire from the
occlusal cusp tips or incisal edges which increases from
posterior to anterior.
The greater the differential from the buccal segments to the
anterior segment, the more the wire plane helps increase the
maxillary occlusal plane cant in relation to true Frankfort
horizontal (NHP).
When needed, miniscrews can be utilized as anchorage to intrude
the lower anterior teeth, allowing more vertical movement of the upper
incisors.
NOTE :
14. SAP Bracket position:
Upper incisor brackets are positioned apical to
FA to protect the smile arc.
Note: This plane can be more gingival to FA on
the anteriors to enhance or protect the smile
arc.
SAP versus Traditional Bracket
Placement SAP Approach with vertical
height of bracket determined by aesthetic
need with Smile arc protected or
enhanced.
Bracket slot at FA with vertical height of
bracket set at FA with Smile Arc flattened
with slot positions at FA or incisal to FA,
smile arc can be flattened.
15. Favorable wire planes produced by SAP bracket positions
induce extrusion of the upper incisors relative to the upper
premolars, resulting in the application of a clockwise
moment to the upper anterior teeth from the outset of
treatment.
4. When the occlusion is disarticulated with bite turbos and
mechanics are supported by very light, short elastics from
the first appointment, uprighting of proclined teeth will
begin, even on light, round wires.
Clinicians report that these techniques can improve upper
incisor and gingival display, smile arc, and incisor
inclinations as early as the third appointment.
16. 5. When additional retroclination of the incisors is desired, the
mechanics can be further supported by inverting the upper
anterior brackets 180°, producing active lingual crown
torque in the slot with dimensional archwires.
17. 2. Effect of Bracket Position on Occlusal Plane:
Research has shown that actual clinical torsional play in
self-ligating brackets can be as much as two and a half
times more than predicted by mathematical models making
reliable expression of 3rd-order movements problematic.
With SAP bracket positioning, the effective prescription of
the bracket is reduced relative to the occlusal plane, so that
torsional moments for uprighting proclined teeth are
engaged early in wire progressions.
18. It is important to recognize that the
maxillary occlusal plane, as viewed in
NHP, is a significant contributor to the
esthetics of the smile
The flatter the plane, the more difficult it is
to manage the case esthetically.
Rotating the maxillary occlusal plane
clockwise will produce more incisor
display and a more convex smile arc.
Counterclockwise rotation, which can
occur when the upper anterior brackets are
placed incisally to the recommended SAP
positions, can result in esthetic decline.
19. straight-wire theory suggests the bracket slot should be
positioned at FA (centre of anatomic crown).
SAP principles follow a different approach:
In patients with “flat” occlusal planes:
the progression of the wire plane created by bracket position
must increase to develop the smile arc by extrusion of the
maxillary incisors relative to the maxillary bicuspids.
In patients with normal occlusal planes: a more modest
progression in the wire plane is still advisable to protect the
smile arc as the upper arch broadens with treatment).
In cases with steep occlusal planes: and excessive enamel display, a
modest progression is still advised.
20. If the occlusal plane is flat, the gingival bracket divergence
should be increased even farther from traditional
positioning to enhance enamel and gingival incisor display.
21. Normal Occlusal Plane
One of the factors contributing to the smile
arc is cant of the occlusal plane. With an 8
degree cant, it is easier to attain smile arcs,
and esthetics is less sensitive to bracket
placement.
Flat Occlusal Plane
Upper incisors too proclined with flat
occlusal planes smile arc is more difficult to
attain.
22. Comparison of
(A) pretreatment
(B) post-treatment lateral cephalograms, showing slight clockwise
rotation of maxillary occlusal plane with upper incisor extrusion in
relation to stomion.
23. 3. Effect of Bracket Position on Proclination:
It is challenging to control or correct the
proclination of the anterior teeth in non
extraction treatment of crowded cases or to
prevent the proclination that often results
from space-gaining mechanics.
Incisor proclination adversely impacts
esthetics in many ways:
In the frontal smile, labially inclined incisors
are visually shorter and make an esthetic
smile arc
more difficult to obtain.
In the lateral smile, because the eye is capable
of detecting roughly 5° or more of
proclination, the viewer will be more sensitive
to changes in axial inclination than to the
anteroposterior position of the incisors.
24. Bracket positioning has an important effect on torque.
Gingival maxillary anterior bracket placement has been
criticized because it lowers the effective torque in the slot.
With proclined incisors, this slightly lower effective torque
actually improves appliance performance by offsetting the
wire play associated with undersize finishing archwires.
It is also useful in a situation where torque within the slot is
desirable. SAP bracket positioning moves the wire plane
closer to the center of resistance of the tooth, providing
more control.
25. In crowded nonextraction cases or patients with preexisting
upper incisor proclination, SAP bracket positioning has a
positive effect because it lowers the effective torque
prescription.
Upper anterior flaring can be controlled even more by
inverting the brackets 180° and using .017" × .025" wires in
the .022" × .026" slots of the brackets.
26. 4.Effect of Broad Anterior Archform on the Smile Arc:
Archforms that are excessively broad in the anterior
region tend to flatten the smile arc as a geometric
consequence of the extended intercanine span.
This flattening effect is compounded by incisal bracket
placement on the upper anterior teeth.
25-year-old male patient with reverse smile arc and
proclined incisors resulting from use of excessively broad
anterior archforms
27. Because the ligation method has no
effect on archform, SAP bracket
positioning must be combined with
an improved archform to address this
concern.
When the archform is broad at the
molars, filling out the buccal
corridors; tapered in the anterior
segment, improving incisor flow and
presentation; and moderate in width
at the canines, fostering a 12-tooth
smile during animation.
Tapered anterior aspect and
greater molar breadth of H4
Pitts Broad archform
compared to popular
Universal archform.
28. After nine months of treatment
with SAP bracket positioning
and H4 Pitts Broad archform.
After 5.5 years of treatment, with
reverse smile arc and proclined
incisors resulting from use of
excessively broad anterior archforms.
29. 5. Effect of Steep Canine Tips on the Smile Arc:
Esthetically shaped canines at the proper inclination are
essential to a beautiful smile.
Inappropriately shaped canines can create two esthetic
problems:
- First, a steep, pointed canine tip results in a “hanging”
canine when the contact point between the canine and
lateral incisor is aligned.
-On the other hand, if the canine tip is aligned with the lateral
incisor but the contact point is too gingival, the embrasure
will be unsightly.
A B
30. Performing a positive or negative coronoplasty before
bonding will optimize the esthetic contours of the canine
while still allowing canine disclusion.
A. Typical “hanging” canine.
B. Idealizing canine contours prior to
bonding promotes correct bracket
positioning.
A B
A
31. A. 11-year-old female patient with steep, pointed
canines before treatment.
B. Canine disclusion achieved after contouring
prior to bracketing.
32. 6. Effect of Irregular Tooth Shapes and Proportions on Bracket
Position:
Irregular tooth shapes or size disproportions among the incisors
and canines are best addressed through positive or negative
coronoplasty prior to bracketing or early in treatment.
Improving the height-width ratio of the “white and pink” tissues is
a critical esthetic requirement.
Orthodontist can perform crown lengthening by
─ adding composite resin to the incisal edges.
─ or performing soft-tissue revision with a diode laser.
Today’s composite resin is easy to apply and durable over the long
term.
(The third method of crown lengthening is to lift a periodontal flap
and recontour bone around the labial aspect of the tooth, which is
generally performed by a periodontist.)
33. The esthetic principle of incisor dominance dictates that the
upper central incisor must be the predominant tooth in the
esthetic smile.
This means it must display the widest “actual” and “visual”
crown and the widest flat surface for light reflection.
It must also be the longest tooth by both actual length and
proximity to the idealized lower lip curvature in the posed
smile.
SAP bracket positioning facilitates incisor dominance because
the divergence in bracket progression places the central
incisor bracket at the most gingival position of the upper
anterior teeth.
35. Case1:
21-year-old female patient
with hypertrophic masseter
muscles, Class III tendency,
proclined upper incisors, and
reverse curve
smile arc before treatment.
36. Treatment plan involved :
•extracting third molars
• injecting botulinum toxin in masseters one month prior to
treatment.
• performing gingival recontouring and positive coronoplasty
with composite resin.
•placing temporary anchorage devices in upper posterior buccal
shelf; and engaging light, short Class III elastics at first
appointment to distalize lower arch.
37. After nine months of treatment, showing maxillary anterior brackets bonded
with SAP bracket positioning and inverted for additional crown torque
(circled numbers).
A. After 12 months of treatment.
B. After 15 months of treatment and gingival recontouring.
38. Pretreatment position of the incisors and the first molars
Post treatment position of the incisors and the first
molars
39. Comparison of photographs taken.
(A)before treatment
(B)after debonding
(C)after gingival recontouring showing effectiveness of SAP
bracket positioning and progressive case management strategies.
THE ART OF POSSIBLE
46. 17-year-old female patient with disappointing result from
previous 3.5 years of orthodontic treatment.
• Case 4:
47. Brackets bonded with Smile Arc Protection (SAP) bracket positioning.
Progressive case management strategies included inverted upper anterior
brackets; posterior occlusal guides (bite turbos); and immediate light, short
Class III elastics.
48. Smile arc developing after eight months of treatment.
Patient after 15 months of treatment, with smile exhibiting all desirable esthetic
characteristics.
49. Comparison of pretreatment (A) and post-treatment (B) photos, demonstrating
improvements in smile arc, cant of upper occlusal plane, incisor and gingival display,
and archform, with proper “white and pink” esthetic proportions.
50. Comparison of
(A) pretreatment
(B) post-treatment lateral cephalograms, showing slight clockwise
rotation of maxillary occlusal plane with upper incisor extrusion in
relation to stomion.
52. Upper incisors are proclined and occlusal plane
is flat.
Enhancing the Smile Arc:
Brackets must be placed apical to FA to
enhance or protect the Smile Arc.
53. Brackets must be placed apical to FA to
preserve or develop the Smile Arc.
Case Management Principles: SAP Bracket
Placement, Disarticulation, and early light
short elastics.
54. Great protection in the Smile Arc and great improvement in
Occlusion as a result of SAP Bracket Placement, Disarticulation
and ELSE.
56. References :
o Pitts TR. Bracket Positioning for Smile Arc Protection. Journal of
clinical orthodontics: JCO. 2017 Mar;51(3):142.
o Pitts T. Begin with the End in Mind and Finish with Beauty.
European Journal of Clinical Orthodontics. 2014;2(2):39-46.