Finger Spring: Single Cantilever Guide

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The finger-spring is a single cantilever used to tip a tooth mesially or palatally. It is made of 0.5mm round stainless steel. It has an active arm placed towards the tissues, a coil positio…
  • Introduction
  • Indication
  • Fabrication
  • Demonstration
  • Conclusion

MS.

NIMRAH Finger-Spring (Single


RAZZQUE MEMON

cantilever)
INDICATION
 It is used is used to tip the
tooth mesially or palatally.
It has one coil, hence called
single cantilever.
FABRICATION

  It is made of 0.5 SS round 0.5 mm for incisor, 0.6 mm for


canine and premolar
  Main Features:
 Active arm (A)
 Coil (B)
 Tag
FABRICATION

 Active arm (A)


 It is placed towards the tissues
 Free end, 12  – 15 mm in length
 Should contact only on the proximal side
 It is adapted on the labial side away from the tooth surface
 The active arm is placed in the interdental area of the teeth
(more than 1/2 mesio-distal width of the tooth) with a small
loop.
FABRICATION

 2) Coil (B)
 It is positioned midway between the initial and final
position of the tooth
 3 mm diameter
 The coil should be on the opposite side of the direction of
tooth movement
 Active arm of the coil is bend below the tag.
 The active arm is placed in the interdental area of the
teeth (more than 1/2 mesio-distal width of the tooth)
with a small loop.
FABRICATION

 3 Tag
 Zigzag tag
 Follow the curvature of the palate.
 Does not sit on the tissue (0.5 mm – 1 mm) away.
 Does not extend over median palatine raphe.
DEMONSTRTIO Please watch the video.
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Thank you

Finger-Spring (Single 
cantilever)
MS. NIMRAH 
RAZZQUE MEMON
INDICATION
 It is used is used to tip the 
tooth mesially or palatally. 
It has one coil, hence called 
single cantilever.
FABRICATION
 It is made of 0.5  SS round 0.5 mm for incisor, 0.6 mm for 
canine and premolar
 Main Features:
Active arm (A
FABRICATION
Active arm (A)
It is placed towards the tissues
Free end, 12  – 15 mm in length
Should contact only on the pr
FABRICATION
2) Coil (B)
It is positioned midway between the initial and final 
position of the tooth
3 mm diameter
The co
FABRICATION
3 Tag 
Zigzag tag
Follow the curvature of the palate.
Does not sit on the tissue (0.5 mm – 1 mm) away.
Does
DEMONSTRTIO
N 
Please watch the video.
Thank you

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