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The Nance appliance is an upper holding arch with an acrylic button in front of the palatal vault that stops mesial molar drift. Made to your Rx and shipped in 10 business days or faster.
Habit and Holding Upper Nance Appliance A stabilizing wire runs across the palate to the first bicuspid area and is soldered to bands on the first molars. The acrylic button is processed over the wire in front of the vault, so the palate takes the load. That keeps the arch stable and the molars in place during the transition.
Anchorage
Banded, palatal button
Patient age
Mixed and permanent dentition
Correction
Space and anchorage maintenance
Turnaround
10 business days or faster
When it’s the right call.
Use it when
Holding upper molars after distalization
Early loss of upper primary molars
Anchorage reinforcement during upper arch retraction
Preserving leeway space in the upper arch
Consider another appliance when
Options you can prescribe.
Arch
Built for the upper arch.
3D printing
Available 3D printed from your scan.
Acrylic color
Standard colors only. No custom designs or swirls.
Bands
Soldered to bands on the first molars.
Still deciding which habit or holding appliance?
The job decides most of it: holding space, holding molar position or breaking a habit. After that, it's how much hardware the palate can take.
What every Upper Nance Appliance
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, or stone models if you work on stone
The completed Rx sheet, with your design choices marked
Your requested return date, so we schedule the case back from it
Resources for the Upper Nance Appliance
The Rx sheet, instructions for use and chairside guides, ready to download or share with your team.
Questions about the Upper Nance Appliance.
What is a Nance appliance?
Ours is an upper holding arch: a wire soldered to the first molar bands, with an acrylic button in front of the palatal vault.
What does a Nance appliance do?
It stabilizes the arch and stops the molars moving mesially during the transition.
Nance appliance vs TPA: which should I prescribe?
The Nance adds a palatal acrylic button for anchorage. The transpalatal arch is wire only, relieved from the tissue.
How long does a Nance appliance stay in?
As long as you need to hold molar position, which is your call for the case.
Is a Nance palatal arch the same as a Nance holding arch?
Yes. Nance palatal arch, Nance holding arch and Nance button all describe this appliance, and the button is the acrylic pad in front of the vault.
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