Home / Appliances / MARPE and Surgical Wires / T-Bar T-Bar The T-Bar is an orthodontic appliance for absolute anchorage of the anterior teeth, in .017 x .025 rectangular wire with eyelets around TADs. Made to your Rx and shipped in 10 business days or faster.
MARPE and Surgical Wires T-Bar The T-Bar ties the anterior teeth to skeletal anchorage through eyelets at the TADs. Whether it supports retraction, intrusion or holding depends on the force system you build around it. We make it for either the upper or lower arch.
Anchorage
TADs, anterior teeth
Patient age
Adolescents and adults
Correction
Anterior skeletal anchorage
Turnaround
10 business days or faster
When it’s the right call.
Use it when
Anterior anchorage you want to take from TADs
Cases with TADs already placed near the anterior teeth
Retraction or intrusion mechanics needing skeletal support
Upper or lower arch anchorage
Consider another appliance when
Options you can prescribe.
Upper or lower
Build it for the upper or lower arch.
Existing TADs
We conform the eyelets around TADs already placed.
tomas® eyelets
Or build it with tomas® TAD eyelets.
Wire
Fabricated in .017 x .025 rectangular wire.
Still deciding which skeletal expander?
Suture maturity, where the palate allows miniscrews, and how much of the load you want on the teeth. Those three narrow the choice.
What every T-Bar
case needs.
Send these with the case and it goes straight onto the bench. If anything’s missing, we call you before we start.
Upper and lower digital scans
TAD positions, or a scan taken with the TADs placed
The completed Rx sheet, with your design choices marked
Your requested return date, so we schedule the case back from it
Resources for the T-Bar
The Rx sheet, instructions for use and chairside guides, ready to download or share with your team.
From the Education library
Questions about the T-Bar.
What is a T-bar in orthodontics?
Ours ties the anterior teeth to TADs for absolute anchorage, in .017 x .025 rectangular wire.
What is a T-bar used for?
Holding the anterior teeth against skeletal anchorage while you move other teeth. How you load it depends on your mechanics.
Do the TADs need to be placed before you make the T-Bar?
Not necessarily. We conform the eyelets around existing TADs, or build it with tomas® eyelets.
Can the T-Bar be made for the lower arch?
Yes. The T-Bar can anchor the upper or lower anterior teeth.
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