Question 134 · LDEK · Fixed appliances

Indicate the false statement concerning the straight wire technique:

  1. A. first order bend is in-set and off-set.
  2. B. third order bending is called tork.
  3. C. third order bends have been built into the bracket by inclination of the slot in the occlusal-gingival direction relative to its base or by inclination of the entire bracket.
  4. D. bending values of 1st, 2nd and 3rd order have been built into the bracket used in the straight-wire technique.
  5. E. first-order element is obtained by inclination of the slot in the relation to its base in the mesodistal direction.
Hint

Recall which bracket feature builds in in-out, which builds in tip and which builds in torque.

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