Pulling the molar by V-bend principle

Abstract

Lower molar protraction is a challenging procedure due to the inbuilt anatomical factor of bone and the tooth root. Using recent advances, many techniques are available to protract the mandibular molar, commonly used technique is the usage of a temporary anchorage device (TAD). However, the usage of TAD is a painful procedure for the patient, so to avoid this tedious procedure, this article is about a new technique to protract the mandibular first molar. This new technique involves a harder dimension wire with a “V”-bend fabricated in it, and the elastomeric chain was used to protract the molar. Class I molar relation was achieved from the end on molar relation using this technique.