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Fabricating The Adams

The Adams' clasp is made up of two arrowheads connected by a bridge with two retentive arms and tags. There are three stages to form each arrowhead using distinct bends of the wire: 1) The first bend forms a right angle connecting the arrowheads. 2) The second bend creates a V-turn of 180 degrees to slope the arrowheads along the gingiva. 3) The third bend brings the tags over the embrasure and onto the lingual side to embed in the base plate.

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Fabricating The Adams

The Adams' clasp is made up of two arrowheads connected by a bridge with two retentive arms and tags. There are three stages to form each arrowhead using distinct bends of the wire: 1) The first bend forms a right angle connecting the arrowheads. 2) The second bend creates a V-turn of 180 degrees to slope the arrowheads along the gingiva. 3) The third bend brings the tags over the embrasure and onto the lingual side to embed in the base plate.

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Fabricating the Adams' Clasp

The Adams' clasp is made of the following constituents:


a. Two arrowheads
b. Connecting bridge
c. Two retentive arms with tags.
There are 3 stages in the formation of Adams' clasp and each
arrowhead is made by 3 distinct bends:
A 7-8 cm long piece of wire is taken.
i. The 1st bend is a little more than a right angle.
Two such bends are made, which are connected by a bridge long
enough to span the tooth. The length of the bridge is usually
two/third the mesiodistal width of the tooth or the distance
between the two buccal cusps tips (Fig. 38.12G).
ii. The 2nd bend is made in 2 stages of 90each. The wire is first
bent at right angles. The clasp is tilted downwards against the
pliers and the arrowhead is formed by bending outside the tip of
the beak.
This second bend forms a V-turn in the wire of 180. The slope of
the arrowheads is adjusted to follow the gingival margin.

iii. The 3rd bend is given to bring the tags of the clasp over the
embrasure between the teeth and on to the lingual side to get
embedded in the base plate.
The arrowhead is grasped from the inside of the clasp with half
the length of the arrowhead between the beaks of the pliers and
the tag is bent through 900- Holding the arrowhead at the top of
the pliers, the tag is bent through a further 45 and then tried on
the tooth. The retentive arm is kept slightly away from the
mucosa and ta.gs are made at the ends.

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