Temporary Anchorage Device (TAD) is a small titanium pin that inserted into the alveolar bone to provide additional anchorage for orthodontic treatment. It is useful for space closure, tooth uprighting, open bite correction, molar distalization, or a number of other applications. These procedures some times do not require needles (just topical anesthetics) and patient experiences virtually no pain postoperatively. It is very easy to remove the pin after treatment is done.

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Patient has #19 & 30 missing for a long time. Alveolar ridge becomes atrophic. Comprehensive orthodontic treatment in conjunction with TAD to help upright, protract #18 and #31 into these spaces

Upright molar using TAD. During this step, there in no need to have braces on

When molar is upright, upper and lower braces were placed and TAD is used for additional anchorage for protract molar into the extracted space