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The A.L.F. or the RN Sagittal

The A.L.F. and RN Sagittal Applainces have become

  hugely popular with doctors and patients, they are very light, comfortable, easy to adjust and work very quickly to give a superior result compared to some of the older, more common appliances. Because there is no acrylic in the vault of the palate, they allow the tongue to rest in it’s correct position.
The Omega loops in these appliances should be viewed as similar in their role to expansion screws. When you activate a loop, imagine what effect opening an expansion screw in that position would have on the appliance. In their simplistic forms, these appliances can be compared to a 3D Schwarz.
It can be confusing at times to know weather to issue an A.L.F. or an RN Sagittal, so we’ve come up with a quick checklist to help you make an informed decision.

 If you need to add one or more of the following,

              you need an RN Sagittal;

 Posterior Occlusal Coverage
Anterior Bite Ramp
Tongue Wires
Spinner
Individual molar distalization
Reverse Pull Headgear
 
An A.L.F. appliance has the added ability to be worn in conjunction with fixed brackets, cutting treatment time considerably. The A.L.F. can also be made removable (with crozat cribs) or fixed (slotting into lingual sheaths on bands).
A.L.F. Appliances can be made semi fixed by insertion into lingual sheaths on Molar Bands.

 

                      
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               The Williams Appliance
The Williams appliance was developed by Dr. Jeff Williams who practices orthodontics and pediatric dentistry in Bartlett, Tennessee, USA. The appliance was originally designed to be used on the mandibular arch in the mixed dentition. The two basic objectives of the appliance are to develop the transverse width of the lower dental alveolar base, and to recover any lost mandibular arch length.
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