Product Profile: Fastbraces

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Product Profile: Fastbraces 

The cupping depth of the alveolar bone


Fastbraces Technologies’ patented brackets and methods for restoring the improper morphology of the alveolar bone are now used by doctors in more than 50 countries. The treatment approach of Fastbraces promotes the axial (“horizontal”) restoration of alveolar bone, analogous to the sagittal (“vertical”) restoration of alveolar bone in periodontal treatment planning and therapy. This treatment evaluation and protocol aligns with the principles of modern dentistry, which prioritize the restoration of teeth affected by caries and the preservation of root structure through conventional root canal treatment.

Recently, a novel diagnostic tool of alveodontal probing and the term “cup” to describe alveolar bone hypoplasia associated with malaligned teeth were introduced. Like pocket depth, cupping depth measurement can be assessed in millimeters using a periodontal probe, and cupping depth offers valuable diagnostic information, including the extent of alveolar bone deficiency and the potential for future alveolar bone restoration.

To measure cupping depth, a periodontal probe is placed parallel to the incisal or occlusal plane and used to determine the distance between the facial or buccal surface of the misaligned tooth at its most prominent facial convexity and the facial or buccal surface of the nearest straight tooth at its most prominent facial convexity.

The greater the cupping measurement or blocking of a tooth, the greater the volumetric bone deficiency. However, unlike pocket depths in periodontal probing, which generally signify greater severity of disease with increased depths, larger cupping measurements can be correlated with greater potential of alveolar bone volumetric increases to natural or normal levels, as shown in the case above.

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