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Dr.
P.
R.
Begg1
introduced
LDOM
in
the
50's
and
it
has
gone
through
changes,
modifications,
and
refinements
in
its
mechanics
and
appliance.
Dr.
Begg
practiced
LDOM
with
256
bracket
which
changed
in
the
70's
when
Dr.
Peter
Kesling
introduced
Tip-Edge®
bracket
system
that
used
LDOM
but
took
it a
step
further
making
the
appliance
more
user-friendly,
accommodating
cosmetic
appliance
considerations
of
our
patients
and
it
also
permitted
the
clinician
to
finish
cases
"more
precisely".
Dr.
H.
D.
Kesling,
an
orthodontist
and
father
of
Dr.
Peter
Kesling,
was
so
impressed
by
Dr.
Begg’s
work
that
he
was
instrumental
in
bringing
Dr.
Begg
to
USA.
Dr.
P.
R.
Begg
had
displayed
his
cases
as a
part
of
his
presentation
in
April
of
1960
at
the
AAO
annual
meeting.
These
were
started
and
finished
using
round
finishing
archwire
and
256
brackets.
The
quality
of
his
treatment
was
stunning
according
to
members
of
Kesling
&
Rocke
group
who
were
edgewise
practitioners.
This
was
first
introduction
to
Begg
Mechanics
or
LDOM
in
USA.
In
the
following
years
Dr.
Peter
Kesling
used
his
scientific
education
and
inventor’s
vision
to
develop
Tip-Edge®
appliance
that
retained
quality
of
treatment
using
256
brackets,
achievable
mechanics
in 3
Goal
oriented
Stages,
and
made
it
better
by
further
simplifying
Stages
as
well
as
giving
the
clinician
a
choice
of
having
a
rectangular
or a
round
archwire
finishing
stage.
Dr.
Kesling
called
it
DSAT®
for
Differential
Straight-Arch
Technique.
It
sort
of
creates
a
happy
medium
for
those
who
practice
with
round
stainless
steel
archwires
(Begg)
and
those
who
are
used
to
rectangular
archwires
(Edgewise).
Tip-Edge®
appliance
is
meant
to
be
used
by
those
who
want
the
ease
of
Begg
mechanics
and
style
of
Edgewise
appliance.
However,
since
the
bracket
works
just
like
a
Begg-256
bracket,
Begg
Clinicians
can
also
effortlessly
finish
cases
using
a
round
wire
and
auxilliaries.
However
this
renders
Rx
built
within
Tip-Edge®
appliance
useless
for
advocates
of
Light
Force
technique,
hence
enters
a
stamped
out
Tip-Edge®
appliance
called
Coralex.
Same
mechanics,
same
look,
same
feeling..
cheaper
to
use.
E-mail:
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