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!SHVIN 3HARMA &ARHAD .AINI AND 3TEVEN *ONES
4HE 4WIN "LOCK !PPLIANCE FOR THE
#ORRECTION OF #LASS )) -ALOCCLUSION
!BSTRACT ! NUMBER OF TREATMENT APPROACHES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF #LASS )) MALOCCLUSION &UNCTIONAL
APPLIANCES ARE COMMONLY USED FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF MANDIBULAR RETROGNATHIA IN GROWING SUBJECTS 4HE TWIN BLOCK
APPLIANCE IS THE MOST POPULAR FUNCTIONAL APPLIANCE IN USE WITHIN THE 5NITED +INGDOM 4HE AIM OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO REVIEW THE
CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF THE TWIN BLOCK APPLIANCE AND TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE HARD AND SOFT TISSUE CHANGES THAT ACCOMPANY
TREATMENT WITH THIS APPLIANCE
#LINICAL 2ELEVANCE 4HE TWIN BLOCK APPLIANCE IS NOW WIDELY USED IN THE TREATMENT OF #LASS )) MALOCCLUSION
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4HE TWIN BLOCK APPLIANCE WAS DESCRIBED A B
BY #LARK IN AND IS THE MOST POPULAR
FUNCTIONAL APPLIANCE USED WITHIN THE
5NITED +INGDOM )TS POPULARITY ARISES
FROM ITS HIGH PATIENT ACCEPTABILITY AND ITS
ABILITY TO PRODUCE RAPID TREATMENT CHANGES
4ABLE OUTLINES THE MAIN ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES OF THE TWIN BLOCK APPLIANCE
4HE AIM OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO REVIEW THE
DESIGN CLINICAL USE AND TREATMENT EFFECTS OF
THE TWIN BLOCK APPLIANCE C
PERMANENT MOLARS AND FIRST PREMOLARS OR
FIRST DECIDUOUS MOLARS IF PRESENT &IGURE A
2ETENTION OF THE LOWER APPLIANCE MAY BE
$ALJIT 'ILL "$3(ONS "3C(ONS -3C DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE MINIMAL UNDERCUTS
&$3 2#3%NG -/RTH &$3/RTH ,OCUM PRESENT ON PARTIALLY ERUPTED TEETH AND
#ONSULTANT /RTHODONTIST 4HE 2OYAL BECAUSE THE TONGUE TENDS TO DISPLACE THE
,ONDON /XFORD 2ADCLIFFE AND 3TOKE APPLIANCE DURING FUNCTION -ETHODS OF
-ANDEVILLE (OSPITALS !SHVIN 3HARMA IMPROVING RETENTION INCLUDE THE USE OF BALL
&IGURE AnC 4HE TWIN BLOCK APPLIANCE CONSISTS
"$3(ONS -3C -&$3 -/RTH 2#3 0ART
ENDED CLASPS BETWEEN THE LOWER INCISORS OR
OF A MANDIBULAR COMPONENT A AND A MAXILLARY
TIME CLINICAL LECTURER 4HE 2OYAL ,ONDON THE INCORPORATION OF AN ACRYLATED LABIAL BOW
COMPONENT B WHICH INTERDIGITATE TO CAUSE
(OSPITAL AND IN PRIVATE PRACTICE &ARHAD 3OME CLINICIANS REPLACE THE !DAMS CLASPS
FORWARD MANDIBULAR POSTURING C
.AINI "$3 -3C &$3 2#3%NG -/RTH WITH THE $ELTA CLASP AS THEY FEEL THIS OFFERS
&$3/RTH #ONSULTANT /RTHODONTIST SUPERIOR RETENTION 4HE $ELTA CLASP REPLACES
+INGSTON (OSPITAL AND 3T 'EORGES (OSPITAL THE ARROW HEAD OF THE !DAMS CLASP WITH
AND 3TEVEN *ONES "$3(ONS -3C ,$3
!PPLIANCE DESIGN &IGURE A CLOSED LOOP 4HE ADVANTAGE OF A CLOSED
$/RTH -/RTH 2#3 &$3 2#3%DIN ),4- 4HE MANDIBULAR COMPONENT LOOP IS THAT THE CLASP DOES NOT OPEN WITH
#ONSULTANT(ONORARY 3ENIOR ,ECTURER IN 4HE MANDIBULAR COMPONENT REPEATED REMOVAL AND IS THEREFORE LESS LIKELY
/RTHODONTICS %ASTMAN $ENTAL (OSPITAL CONSISTS OF AN ACRYLIC BASEPLATE WITH TO FRACTURE DURING USE
5#, (OSPITALS .(3 4RUST !DAMS CLASPS OFTEN PLACED ON TO THE FIRST 4HE BASEPLATE INCORPORATES
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A B ON TO THE INCISORS IT IS OFTEN ALSO BENEFICIAL
TO HAVE TORQUING AUXILIARIES TO HELP CONTROL
THE INCLINATION OF THE MAXILLARY INCISORS
DURING TREATMENT USING HEADGEAR &IGURE
!S WELL AS CORRECTING THE
SAGITTAL RELATIONSHIP IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO
ADD ADDITIONAL ACTIVE COMPONENTS SUCH
AS SPRINGS TO HELP IMPROVE THE GENERAL
ALIGNMENT OF THE ARCHES
4HE MAXILLARY COMPONENT A B
4HE MAXILLARY COMPONENT
CONSISTS OF AN ACRYLIC BASEPLATE WITH A MID
SAGITTAL EXPANSION SCREW INCORPORATING
!DAMS CLASPS IN A SIMILAR ARRANGEMENT TO
THE MANDIBULAR APPLIANCE &IGURE A 4HE
BITEBLOCKS COVER THE OCCLUSAL SURFACE OF THE
PREMOLARS AND MOLARS INCLUDING THE SECOND
MOLARS IF THESE HAVE ERUPTED AT THE TIME OF
APPLIANCE CONSTRUCTION
3OME CLINICIANS INCORPORATE A C D
LABIAL BOW TO AID RETRACTION OF THE UPPER
INCISORS AND IMPROVE APPLIANCE RETENTION
4HE INCORPORATION OF A LABIAL BOW MAY
ADVERSELY AFFECT COMPLIANCE AS PATIENTS
OFTEN DO NOT LIKE THE APPEARANCE OF THE
ADDITIONAL WIREWORK 4HE UPPER INCISORS
TEND TO RETROCLINE AND RETRACT EVEN
WITHOUT A LABIAL BOW OWING TO THE #LASS )) &IGURE AnD %XAMPLES OF APPLIANCE DESIGNS THAT CAN BE USED TO DECOMPENSATE THE MAXILLARY INCISORS
INTERMAXILLARY FORCES PRODUCED BETWEEN BEFORE FUNCTIONAL APPLIANCE TREATMENT A B C D %XAMPLES OF #LASS )) DIVISION CASES WHICH HAVE BEEN
THE BITEBLOCKS !S THE MANDIBLE IS POSTURED DECOMPENSATED TO ALLOW FORWARD MANDIBULAR POSTURING FOR TWIN BLOCK APPLIANCE CONSTRUCTION
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SCREW CANNOT BE INCORPORATED USING A
SECTIONAL FIXED APPLIANCE
&ABRICATING THE TWIN BLOCK APPLIANCE
CONSTRUCTION BITE
)N THE MAJORITY OF CASES THE
CONSTRUCTION BITE CAN BE MADE WITH THE
INCISORS IN AN EDGE
TO
EDGE POSITION
AND THE BUCCAL SEGMENTS SEPARATED BY
APPROXIMATELY MM )F THE OVERJET IS VERY
&IGURE 0ROGRESSIVE MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT &IGURE ! SECTIONAL FIXED APPLIANCE MAY ALSO BE LARGE MM IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO HAVE
MAY BE ACHIEVED BY THE ADDITION OF ACRYLIC TO THE USED TO DECOMPENSATE THE MAXILLARY INCISORS TO A LESS ACTIVATION INITIALLY AND THEN ADVANCE
FRONT OF THE MAXILLARY BLOCKS MORE FAVOURABLE INCLINATION THE BITE DURING TREATMENT AS THE OVERJET IS
REDUCED !DEQUATE SEPARATION OF THE MOLARS
IN THE VERTICAL DIMENSION IS ESSENTIAL SO
THAT THE BLOCKS CAN BE CONSTRUCTED WITH
TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH A REDUCED LOWER REDUCTION BY LEVELLING THE LOWER CURVE OF SUFFICIENT HEIGHT 4HE CONSTRUCTION BITE CAN
ANTERIOR FACIAL HEIGHT AS TREATMENT TENDS TO 3PEE /NE DISADVANTAGE OF UNDERTAKING BE TAKEN USING WAX ALONE OR WITH THE AID OF
INCREASE THIS FACIAL DIMENSION 4REATMENT PREFUNCTIONAL EXPANSION IS THAT IT INCREASES AN %XACTOBITE STICK &ORESTADENT ,TD -ILTON
IS OFTEN STARTED ONCE THE FIRST PREMOLARS THE TOTAL TREATMENT TIME BY APPROXIMATELY +EYNES 5+ &IGURE
HAVE ERUPTED AS THESE TEETH CAN BE CLASPED SIX MONTHS WHICH MAY AFFECT PATIENT
TO IMPROVE RETENTION #URRENT EVIDENCE COMPLIANCE LATER IN TREATMENT ! MODIFIED 4HE ACTIVE PHASE OF TREATMENT
SUGGESTS THAT THE GREATEST SKELETAL RESPONSE APPROACH HAS RECENTLY BEEN DESCRIBED 4HE ACTIVE PHASE OF TREATMENT
OCCURS IF TREATMENT IS UNDERTAKEN DURING THE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF #LASS )) DIVISION MAY BE COMMENCED BY ASKING THE PATIENT
PUBERTAL GROWTH SPURT MALOCCLUSION WHICH INVOLVES THE USE OF TO WEAR THE APPLIANCE INITIALLY ONLY A FEW
MAXILLARY INCISOR TORQUING SPURS ON THE TWIN HOURS A DAY AND THEN TO INCREASE WEAR TO
4HE STAGES OF TREATMENT BLOCK APPLIANCE AND IS CONSTRUCTED WITH FULL
TIME OVER A TWO
WEEK PERIOD 4HIS MAY
0REFUNCTIONAL EXPANSION MINIMAL MANDIBULAR POSTURING !S THE MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE PATIENT TO TOLERATE
)N PATIENTS WITH A #LASS )) TORQUING SPURS CAUSE INCISOR PROCLINATION THE APPLIANCE PARTICULARLY AS SPEECH AND
DIVISION INCISAL RELATIONSHIP OR INSTANDING THE TWIN BLOCK CAN BE PROGRESSIVELY MASTICATION CAN BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED
MAXILLARY LATERAL INCISORS TREATMENT MAY ACTIVATED WITH THE ADDITION OF ACRYLIC TO THE INITIALLY #LARK ADVISES THAT THE APPLIANCE BE
COMMENCE WITH AN UPPER REMOVABLE FRONT OF THE MAXILLARY BITEBLOCKS &IGURE WORN FULL
TIME INCLUDING DURING MASTICATION
APPLIANCE TO PROCLINE THE MAXILLARY INCISORS !N ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO ALTHOUGH MANY PATIENTS MAY NOT TOLERATE
INTO ALIGNMENT &IGURE 3UFFICIENT DECOMPENSATE THE MAXILLARY INCISORS IN EATING WITH THE APPLIANCE IN SITU )T IS
OVERJET CAN BE CREATED TO ALLOW FORWARD #LASS )) DIVISION MALOCCLUSION IS WITH THE IMPORTANT THAT THE PATIENT REMEMBERS TO
POSTURING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE USE OF A SECTIONAL FIXED APPLIANCE BETWEEN TURN THE EXPANSION SCREW TURN WEEKLY
TWIN BLOCK APPLIANCE 4HE REMOVABLE THE MAXILLARY CANINES OR FIRST PREMOLARS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ARCH CO
ORDINATION
APPLIANCE CAN ALSO INCORPORATE A MIDLINE &IGURE 4HE DISADVANTAGE OF USING THIS IF THIS IS REQUIRED 4HE PATIENT SHOULD BE
EXPANSION SCREW TO BEGIN EXPANSION AND AN APPROACH COMPARED TO USING A REMOVABLE REVIEWED ON A SIX
WEEKLY BASIS IN ORDER
ANTERIOR BITE PLANE TO COMMENCE OVERBITE APPLIANCE IS THAT A BITE PLANE OR EXPANSION TO MONITOR TREATMENT CHANGES CHECK ORAL
HYGIENE AND ENSURE THAT THE APPLIANCE HAS
ADEQUATE RETENTION )T IS IMPORTANT THAT THE
OVERJET MOLAR RELATIONSHIP AND TRANSVERSE
A B RELATIONSHIPS ARE RECORDED AT EACH VISIT
3OME CLINICIANS PREFER TO MONITOR TREATMENT
CHANGES BY MEASURING THE MAXIMUM
REVERSE OVERJET ACHIEVABLE BY THE PATIENT
WHEN POSTURING AS IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO GAIN
A TRUE OVERJET READING BECAUSE THE PATIENT
EXPERIENCES PAIN WHEN THE MANDIBLE IS
FORCIBLY RETRUDED INTO THE RETRUDED CONTACT
POSITION
&IGURE !N %XACTOBITE STICK A MAY BE USED TO RECORD THE CONSTRUCTION BITE FOR APPLIANCE CONSTRUCTION !FTER A FEW WEEKS OF WEAR
B 4HE %XACTOBITE IN THE MOUTH WITH THE INCISORS IN AN EDGE
TO
EDGE POSITION AND SUFFICIENT SEPARATION PATIENTS WHO ARE COMPLIANT WILL OFTEN
OF THE BUCCAL SEGMENTS TO ALLOW ADEQUATE BLOCK HEIGHT SHOW A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN OVERJET AND
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A B C
&IGURE A 0RETREATMENT OVERJET B TWIN BLOCK APPLIANCE IN SITU AND C THE END OF THE FUNCTIONAL APPLIANCE STAGE WITH THE INCISORS IN AN EDGE
TO
EDGE
POSITION AND THE PRESENCE OF LATERAL OPEN BITES
BEEN CARRIED OUT TO ASSESS THE EFFECTS OF THE
!DVANTAGES $ISADVANTAGE TWIN BLOCK APPLIANCE 4HE DESIGNS OF THE
TRIALS ARE DESCRIBED IN 4ABLE
2APID OVERJET CORRECTION -INIMAL MANDIBULAR GROWTH BENEFIT
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SKELETAL EFFECTS
4WO PIECE DESIGN ALLOWS FREEDOM OF 4ENDENCY TO INCREASE THE FACE )NCREASED MANDIBULAR LENGTH
MANDIBULAR EXCURSIONS HEIGHT IN PATIENTS WITH INCREASED %VIDENCE FROM PROSPECTIVE
FACE HEIGHTS CEPHALOMETRIC STUDIES SUGGESTS THAT
&ACILITY TO CONTROL UPPER ARCH WIDTH MANDIBULAR LENGTH INCREASES BETWEEN
,ATERAL OPEN BITES CAN BE DIFFICULT AND MM MORE THAN CONTROLS
%ASE OF INCORPORATING ADDITIONAL TO CLOSE DURING TREATMENT WITH THE TWIN BLOCK
ACTIVE COMPONENTS APPLIANCE /NE FACTOR IN COMMON
,OWER INCISOR PROCLINATION WITH ALL STUDIES IS THE LARGE VARIABILITY IN
TREATMENT RESPONSE AND CURRENTLY THE
2ETENTION MAY BE POOR DURING THE BEST PRE
TREATMENT INDICATOR OF POSSIBLE
MIXED DENTITION TREATMENT SUCCESS IS A DEEP OVERBITE
4HIS MAY BE BECAUSE THE MANDIBLE IS
$IFFICULTY IN INCORPORATING FIXED RESTRICTED BY THE DEEP BITE IN SUCH CASES
APPLIANCES AND FUNCTIONAL APPLIANCES HELP TO REMOVE
4ABLE 4HE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE TWIN BLOCK APPLIANCE THIS OBSTRUCTION ENCOURAGING EXPRESSION OF