Clinical use of the alternative PowerScope attachment nut – step by step description

Vol. 13 – Number 52 – 2020 Case report Page 66-80 Clinical use of the alternative PowerScope attachment nut – step by step description Alexandre Moro1 Nathaly D. Morais 2 Denisi Coelho Gomes3 Cauby Maia Chaves Junior4 Gisele Maria Correr Nolasco5 Abstract Since its introduction in 2014, the PowerScope device has undergone some modifications to improve and facilitate its clinical use. This article describes the latest innovation in the device, which consists of an alternative attachment nut. With this new nut, the concept changes a little because we are going to install the nut outside the patient’s mouth and not directly in his mouth as we did with the first two generations of the nut. The alternative attachment nut is another option for using the PowerScope. It is up to the orthodontist to decide which option best fits his way of working: continue with nut 2 (from 2015); use the alternative nut on the upper and lower arches; Use alternate nut on the upper arch and nut 2 on the lower arch. Descriptors: Orthodontics, Class II malocclusion, fixed functional appliance. 1 Full Professor – UFPR, Professor of the Master’s and Doctorate Programs in Clinical Dentistry – Universidade Positivo. 2 Student of the Doctoral Program in Clinical Dentistry – Universidade Positivo. 3 Student of the Master’s Program in Clinical Dentistry – Universidade Positivo. 4 Full Professor – Department of Dental Clinic – UFC. 5 Professor of the Masters and Doctorate Programs in Clinical Dentistry – Universidade Positivo.