What exactly are powerchains?

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#1 Post by **celboriginal** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:20 am

Sorry guys, probably a silly question but here it goes:

What are powerchains? What do they look like? What are they for? What are they made of? Does everyone get them?

#2 Post by **SnowSara** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:03 am

First off, a wonderful link from this here site:
http://www.archwired.com/power_chains.htm

I'm not going to try and answer every use of powerchains, but in my case they were for bringing my teeth together and therefore filling in the gaps that I had. They appear to be made out of the same material as regular ligs.

Here's a pic of my lavender chains I had a couple adjustments ago:

You can see how they connect between each bracket, unlike regular ligs that just hold the wire to the bracket.

#3 Post by **SnowSara** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:05 am

ah, double post!
oops, and yeah, what Karen said. I read this site extensively before I got braced and still come back for information.

#4 Post by **Thathrill** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:17 pm

when I first heard of power chains, I originally thought they were made out of metal and caused a ton of force on the teeth. LOL Talk about being relieved after learning the truth