@article{oai:mdu.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000657, author = {DEGUCHI-IDA, HISAKO and TAKAGI, SHINJI and MINOSHIMA, YASUHIRO and ASHIZAWA, YUJI}, issue = {1}, journal = {松本歯学}, month = {Apr}, note = {application/pdf, The purpose of this study was to test the premise that by tracing occlusograms at the pretreatment stage, one can construct a precise finishing arch wire. The sample consisted of 22 male and 20 female dental students with skeletal Class I and near-normal occlusion. Occlusograms were taken for all plaster dental casts with 0.018 x 0.025 slot edgewise pre-an-gulated and pre-torqued brackets attached to all teeth. Futhermore, our method was applied clinically and an illustrative case is presented. Three different arches (A-arch; a smooth line drawn through the contact points of anterior and posterior teeth, B-arch; constructed by drawing a smooth curve through the cusp tips and incisive edges and C-arch; represented the 0.016 nitinol arch wire) showed a close fit as determined by the fourth degree polynomial equation, with r^2 of 0.99.}, pages = {21--28}, title = {Construction of Individualized Finishing Arch Wire Using the Occlusogram}, volume = {27}, year = {2001} }