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Case Reports
. 1992 May;19(2):139-41.
doi: 10.1179/bjo.19.2.139.

Indelible bond location marks: an avoidable aesthetic hazard

S D Springate  1
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Indelible bond location marks: an avoidable aesthetic hazard

S D Springate. Br J Orthod. 1992 May.

Abstract

An increasingly popular method of aiding the precise placement of bonded brackets is to identify the long axis and centre of the crown with small pencil marks. A case is reported where marks placed with a soft pencil in the centre of the etched enamel have led to the inclusion of pigment deep in the enamel surface which has proved impossible to remove.

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