{"id":20898,"date":"2024-09-11T13:31:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T11:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lampert.info\/tutorials\/dental-welding-of-a-quadhelix-appliance\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T13:37:12","slug":"dental-welding-of-a-quadhelix-appliance","status":"publish","type":"tutorial","link":"https:\/\/www.lampert.info\/en\/tutorials\/dental-welding-of-a-quadhelix-appliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Dental &#8211; Welding of a Quadhelix appliance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20898\" class=\"elementor elementor-20898 elementor-19759\" data-elementor-post-type=\"tutorial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59c4b9d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59c4b9d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c172e39\" data-id=\"c172e39\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d4eadf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d4eadf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Welding a quadhelix appliance<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01c0409 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"01c0409\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f7c4c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f7c4c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From a welding point of view, this appliance can be produced quickly, reliably and stably, similar to the aforementioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lampert.info\/en\/tutorials\/dental-lingual-arch-welding\/\">lingual arch<\/a>. The prerequisite for this is a gap-free bending of the wires\/locks to the bands, then the weld is relatively easy to produce. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c053a2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c053a2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a44a22c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a44a22c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-449d41e\" data-id=\"449d41e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-cb0d67f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cb0d67f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bbaec27\" data-id=\"bbaec27\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82a5611 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82a5611\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As with other devices in which prefabricated bands are used, it is recommended that the bands have no contact to the model ind the area of the intended joint weld for the locks. This can be done by waxing up beforehand or by grinding after model fabrication. <br><br>In this way, the risk of accidentally perforating the bands can be minimized, see also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lampert.info\/en\/tutorials\/dental-weld-palatal-expansion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> in the middle of the page: &#8220;Welding on industrial molar bands&#8221;.<\/p><p>When working on bands on a model, it is advisable to work with welding times that tend to be shorter, e.g. with a pulse duration of no more than 1 &#8211; 2 milliseconds.<\/p><p>As always, we start with a <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/showcase\/4528253\/video\/206569950\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">freshly ground electrode<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dbda302\" data-id=\"dbda302\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e35bb44 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e35bb44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lampert.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Quadhelix.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19762\" alt=\"Example photo of a quadhelix apparatus\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lampert.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Quadhelix.jpg 993w, https:\/\/www.lampert.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Quadhelix-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lampert.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Quadhelix-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-20898","tutorial","type-tutorial","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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