The E-Z Bond Retainer is a multi-strand, dead-soft wire that is carefully contoured to the lingual of the six anterior teeth -- and is light-cured (with composite) to each of the six anterior teeth. 

The key advantage to this appliance is the laboratory-fabricated transfer tray that makes correct placement of the wire easy -- and with a minimum of chair time. The transfer tray has small reservoirs at each bonding site, with an excess-material escape channel directly lingual to each of the anterior teeth. This assures a complete wrap of bonding cement around the lingual wire.

To place the appliance, the reservoirs are filled with composite by use of a syringe. The tray is then gently seated via finger pressure, allowing any excess composite to flow out of the escape channels. Then it is light-cured. After curing, excess cement is removed from the tray with a high speed hand piece and a diamond -- and the tray is then lifted, slowly and carefully, off the teeth. The top of the individual composite buttons can then be polished for patient comfort with a composite diamond or disc. Complete, step-by-step, chair-side instructions are provided with your first E-Z Bond Retainer. Note: When requesting an E-Z Bond Retainer for the maxillary anteriors, it is important to send an opposing model and a wax bite. Sufficient overbite and overjet is essential to provide clearance for the maxillary E-Z Bond Retainer.