Name Type Use picture Wire use

Z Spring Active appliance Retractor or 0.5 & 0.6

movement of single
tooth ( central &
lateral) from anterior
teeth toward Labial.
Double Z Spring Active appliance Retractor or 0.5 & 0.6
movement of the 2-
4 teeth from
anterior teeth
toward labial
Finger spring Active appliance to move any 0.5 & 0.6
anterior teeth
mesially or distally
along the dental
arch
Medfield finger Active appliance For closure of 0.5 & 0.6
spring midline diastema.

2- For extrusion for

ectopic or high
buccally erupted
teeth.
Simple buccal Active appliance To move canine 0.6 & 0.7 & 0.8
canine retractor distally