RESEARCH ARTICLE
Variable Torque Prescription: State of Art.
Mariano Lacarbonara 1, *, Ettore Accivile 1, Maria R. Abed 2, Maria Teresa Dinoi1, Annalisa Monaco 1, Giuseppe Marzo 1, Mario Capogreco 1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2015Volume: 9
First Page: 60
Last Page: 64
Publisher ID: TODENTJ-9-60
DOI: 10.2174/1874210601509010060
Article History:
Received Date: 12/11/2014Revision Received Date: 13/12/2014
Acceptance Date: 27/12/2014
Electronic publication date: 30 /1/2015
Collection year: 2015
open-access license: This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
Abstract
The variable prescription is widely described under the clinical aspect: the clinics is the result of the evolution of the state-of-the-art, aspect that is less considered in the daily literature. The state-of-the-art is the key to understand not only how we reach where we are but also to learn how to manage propely the torque, focusing on the technical and biomechanical purpos-es that led to the change of the torque values over time. The aim of this study is to update the clinicians on the aspects that affect the torque under the biomechanical sight, helping them to understand how to managing it, following the “timeline changes” in the different techniques so that the Variable Prescription Orthodontic (VPO) would be a suitable tool in every clinical case.
