Moving a Blocked-Out Bicuspid into the Arch Using the"Sleeze".

Abstract

Dental crowding can frequently result in a tooth becoming palatally blocked-out. When the tooth is displaced too far, tying the tooth to the archwire can become unfeasible. A modified "singshot" technique is presented to bring a blocked-out bicuspid into the arch. The lastomeric chain acted as a "sling shot" squeezing the bicuspid in, hence the name "sleeze."