bionator

[labdude]

Interesting lost wax technique.
I did it once years ago for a patient who did not tolerate acrylic. It was injected with urathane. Slightly softer, but it did the job for that patient.

[labdude]

More Bionator pictures. This one is to close the bite, includes a tongue crib. Also has a picture placed in it.

[mumka]

Hello labdude! You're doing great job at this forum, you have so much info to share!

I wanted to write you a PM but I can't find the option 0o
My name is Ania and I'm a ...dental technician student from Poland. Currently I'm writing a final project about building bionator's framework and it's hard for me to find articles or books with step-by-step procedure of making it. Is it possible that you have some materials about it that you could share? It would be a big help for me! I will be gratefull for a reply, thanks in advance And sorry for bothering you ^^'

Ania

[labdude]

Hi Ania,
Your not bothering me!
The step by step description you might like may be available from Great Lakes. They do have manuals on making several functional appliances.
My brief on the applaince is complete. The first pictures are self explaining. A coffin spring in the palate, a lingual wire on the upper, placed then covered with wax. Wax to the incisal edge.
Nice to hear from you,
Mike.

[labdude]

Here's a little something more on the Bionator. You tube has quite a few videos on ortho items.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36i5W...54/index2.html

[labdude]

Addition of head gear tubes to Bionator.
One tube is mounted with a glue gun, other with sticky wax. I prefer glue gun as it is firm but, still will flex without breaking loose.
While this is only showing mounting of head gear tubes (no bionator wires etc) it is how you place head gear tubes for most any appliance.
Wires are removed before fabrication, they are used for alignment of head gear tubes.

[labdude]

added pictures in post dated 1/16/08.
Red bionator showing detail of channeling teeth, plus a description of how.

[labdude]

S&P Bionator

[labdude]

Bionator grinding

[CloudPeakDL]

"Cut with a thin disc as much as you can without hitting wires or the screw. Next use a sharp knife to cut away the plastic screw material as best as possible from the lingual side."


Have you ever tried a Robinson's standard stiff bristle brush made by Buffalo? Mounted No 12. I use these to remove excess acrylic when cleaning up an RPD but they work great for ortho also. They act like a thin disk but don't damage the wire or metal. I also use them to clean up acylic flash around my denture teeth.

[labdude]

Hi Candi,
I have and do use those little brushes. Great suggestion.
I'm a bit of a thrill seeker most times and use that "dangerous" disk.
Mike.