{"id":172,"date":"2015-05-11T22:01:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T02:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/?p=172"},"modified":"2019-08-27T22:10:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T02:10:09","slug":"anchorage-devices-enable-greater-precision-during-orthodontic-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/anchorage-devices-enable-greater-precision-during-orthodontic-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Anchorage Devices Enable Greater Precision During Orthodontic Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a basic orthodontic appliance, braces are what allows us to move teeth into better positions to improve a person\u2019s bite. In certain cases, though, this treatment application gets a little assistance from Temporary Anchorage Devices (TADs) to improve accuracy and reduce treatment time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Braces take advantage of our teeth\u2019s natural ability to move. Teeth are held in place within the bone by the periodontal ligament, an elastic tissue that attaches to the teeth with microscopic fibers secured by a hardened substance called cementum. The periodontal ligament is constantly remodeling in response to changes in the mouth. As pressure is placed on a tooth, new bone, ligament and cementum are formed on the \u201cpulling\u201d side of the tooth; on the other side, the bone and ligament dissolve (resorb), allowing the tooth to move in that direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"dental

<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Braces allow this natural process to occur with controlled forces applied by thin flexible wires threaded through the small brackets attached to the front of the teeth and then affixed or \u201canchored\u201d to other teeth. By attaching the teeth to the other teeth by wires running through all the brackets, \u201canchorage\u201d is created to allow teeth to be moved where the dentist wants them to go. By adjusting the tension on the wires, we can apply light but constant pressure on the \u201cunanchored\u201d teeth to move them into a new desired position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teeth we do not want to move are referred to as the anchorage for teeth we do want to move. If, however, the situation calls for more precise isolation of teeth to be moved, TADs can be very useful. TADs are mini-implants imbedded in the bone to serve as anchorage at strategic locations in the mouth. In this way, the group of teeth to be moved receives forces that are applied through the additional anchorage provided by the TADs. That \u201ctension\u201d or \u201cpressure\u201d is applied only to them and not to adjacent teeth that should not move. This increases efficiency for tooth movement and helps reduce the treatment time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TADs can be placed using local anesthesia and with little discomfort, and are removed when orthodontic treatment is completed. Although the procedure is pretty straightforward, it does require collaboration between orthodontist and surgeon to ensure correct positioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, TADs increase our ability to control the forces that move teeth during orthodontic treatment. This lessens discomfort for the patient and helps ensure the end result \u2014 a more functional bite and a transformed smile.If you would like more information on the use of TADs and other orthodontic appliances, please contact us<\/a> or schedule an appointment<\/a> for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor<\/em> magazine article \u201cWhat are TADs?<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a basic orthodontic appliance, braces are what allows us to move teeth into better positions to improve a person\u2019s bite. In certain cases, though, this treatment application gets a little assistance from Temporary Anchorage Devices (TADs) to improve accuracy … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nAnchorage Devices Enable Greater Precision<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As a basic orthodontic appliance, braces are what allows us to move teeth into better positions to improve a person\u2019s bite. In certain cases, though, this treatment application gets a little assistance from Temporary Anchorage Devices (TADs) to improve accuracy and reduce treatment time.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/anchorage-devices-enable-greater-precision-during-orthodontic-treatment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anchorage Devices Enable Greater Precision\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As a basic orthodontic appliance, braces are what allows us to move teeth into better positions to improve a person\u2019s bite. In certain cases, though, this treatment application gets a little assistance from Temporary Anchorage Devices (TADs) to improve accuracy and reduce treatment time.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/anchorage-devices-enable-greater-precision-during-orthodontic-treatment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Woo Wang Dental\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-05-12T02:01:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-08-28T02:10:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-28-at-10.03.57-AM.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"357\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"301\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"woowangadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"woowangadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/anchorage-devices-enable-greater-precision-during-orthodontic-treatment\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/anchorage-devices-enable-greater-precision-during-orthodontic-treatment\/\",\"name\":\"Anchorage Devices Enable Greater Precision\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-05-12T02:01:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-08-28T02:10:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8461868da8e657cc4d632503b50c50f9\"},\"description\":\"As a basic orthodontic appliance, braces are what allows us to move teeth into better positions to improve a person\u2019s bite. In certain cases, though, this treatment application gets a little assistance from Temporary Anchorage Devices (TADs) to improve accuracy and reduce treatment time.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/anchorage-devices-enable-greater-precision-during-orthodontic-treatment\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/anchorage-devices-enable-greater-precision-during-orthodontic-treatment\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/anchorage-devices-enable-greater-precision-during-orthodontic-treatment\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Anchorage Devices Enable Greater Precision During Orthodontic Treatment\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Woo Wang Dental\",\"description\":\"Dentist in Kensington and Gaithersburg\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8461868da8e657cc4d632503b50c50f9\",\"name\":\"woowangadmin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Anchorage Devices Enable Greater Precision","description":"As a basic orthodontic appliance, braces are what allows us to move teeth into better positions to improve a person\u2019s bite. In certain cases, though, this treatment application gets a little assistance from Temporary Anchorage Devices (TADs) to improve accuracy and reduce treatment time.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/anchorage-devices-enable-greater-precision-during-orthodontic-treatment\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Anchorage Devices Enable Greater Precision","og_description":"As a basic orthodontic appliance, braces are what allows us to move teeth into better positions to improve a person\u2019s bite. In certain cases, though, this treatment application gets a little assistance from Temporary Anchorage Devices (TADs) to improve accuracy and reduce treatment time.","og_url":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/anchorage-devices-enable-greater-precision-during-orthodontic-treatment\/","og_site_name":"Woo Wang Dental","article_published_time":"2015-05-12T02:01:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-08-28T02:10:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":357,"height":301,"url":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-28-at-10.03.57-AM.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"woowangadmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"woowangadmin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/anchorage-devices-enable-greater-precision-during-orthodontic-treatment\/","url":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/anchorage-devices-enable-greater-precision-during-orthodontic-treatment\/","name":"Anchorage Devices Enable Greater Precision","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-05-12T02:01:38+00:00","dateModified":"2019-08-28T02:10:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8461868da8e657cc4d632503b50c50f9"},"description":"As a basic orthodontic appliance, braces are what allows us to move teeth into better positions to improve a person\u2019s bite. In certain cases, though, this treatment application gets a little assistance from Temporary Anchorage Devices (TADs) to improve accuracy and reduce treatment time.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/anchorage-devices-enable-greater-precision-during-orthodontic-treatment\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/anchorage-devices-enable-greater-precision-during-orthodontic-treatment\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/anchorage-devices-enable-greater-precision-during-orthodontic-treatment\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Anchorage Devices Enable Greater Precision During Orthodontic Treatment"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/","name":"Woo Wang Dental","description":"Dentist in Kensington and Gaithersburg","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8461868da8e657cc4d632503b50c50f9","name":"woowangadmin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179,"href":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions\/179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woowangdental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}