Fitting Bands
Equipment required:
1. Handpiece, rubber cup and oil free prophy paste
2. Band fit kit (Band pusher, bite stick, band removing pliers, etc.)
image of fit kit
3. Cotten wool rolls
4. Glass ionomer cement, glass mixing slab and spatula
Procedure:
1. Remove and separators present (use a probe to hook them out)
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2. Select the band size to be fitted (see how to position bands) and press into place using band seater
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NB: Notice that the bands are orientated. The 'hook' is gingival and distal. Also that the bands have a number of tubes into which wires can be placed. In the case of these bands the archwire goes into the most occlusal tube on the lower and the gingival tune on the upper (arrowed)
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3. Get a member of staff to check band size and position
4. Remove bands using band removing pliers, dry and layout ready for cementing
video of band removal using band removing pliers
5. Mix glass ionomer and place into band from gingival edge (this
is so, that as the band is seated, that excess cement is pushed occlusally and
reduces the likelihood of voids under the band)
NB: Be careful NOT to get cement into the tubes. You can put wax into the tubes
before placing cement.
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video of placing glass ionomer into band
6. Place the band onto the dried tooth and seat to the correct position, use cotton wool rolls to remove excess cement. Clean up excess cement after it has intially hardened
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video of glueing band into place