Zirconia Retainers

The ‘Zirconia Retainer’ is an aesthetic, metal free, fixed alternative to the traditional ‘Bonded Wire Retainer’ and is used to maintain previous orthodontic treatment or to prevent undesirable movement of the teeth by splinting them together as a 'Perio Splint' with cement via the palatal or lingual surfaces of the anterior teeth. The ‘Zirconia Retainer’ is 3D designed and milled from zirconia blocks and provides a high flexural strength that allows for a minimal material thickness with a variety of ‘Vita Shades’ to match the patients shade.

The appliance is also called a 'Stabilisation' splint and provides balanced occlusion on the appliance that allows for smooth jaw movement by removing any interferences, and allows the condyles to seat in centric relation. Once balanced and fitted chair side, all of the opposing dentition will occlude with the splint with a bilateral contact of force at the same time, thus reducing the bite force that muscles generate and causing the muscle to relax.