SHORT COMMUNICATION A TRUE AESTHETIC ORTHODONTIC ARCHWIRE: OPTIFLEX

Abstract

The change in field of dentistry by the percolation of the technology into the very fabric of it has drastically changed the patient’s perception and doctor’s efficiency in providing a satisfactory dental care. This inflow of technology into the orthodontics had led to the development of a new orthodontic archwire called optiflex that provides a prefect aesthetic solution for the fixed labial mechanotherapy. With collaboration from the ceramic brackets the optiflex provides a true aesthetic effect during the process of the treatment. The optiflex provides excellent aesthetic effects as they are transparent unlike the coated metal archwires and they exhibit similar mechanical properties as the metallic wire, while in exhibiting the physical properties they surpass the metallic wires and reach to new heights. The following short coomunication gives a brief idea about the advantages and journey of the optiflex wire from its invention in 1992 till now.