Power Chain(A Star)

Power Chain(A Star)

• Power chains are connected rows of elastics that are used:
• in orthodontics to help with a variety of issues.
• Power chains are commonly used:
• in conjunction with the brackets attached to your teeth.
• Power chains on braces are highly efficient because they add more pressure and force in moving the teeth than the traditional brackets and ligatures do alone.
• Power chains are connected strings of ligatures (elastics).
• They are normally made from the same material that is used on the ligatures (the elastics holding the arch-wire to the individual brackets).
• In some instances, the power chains can be made of metal twists instead of elastic.