Precise Indirect Bonding Systems was started with one aim..improve the precision of indirect bonding in Orthodontics..... Our first step to do this was obvious make some new tools that will reduce the error by the technician or assistant, depending where you like to do your set-ups and the situation until 2004 as far as equipment goes was pretty grim compared to that of other dental technology sectors.

             On the lingual Orthodontics side, where there is a necessity for indirect bonding, the main instrument was the TARG which had been around since 1984 …20 years! During  which time slight improvements had been added, unfortunately the improvements had missed one of the critical areas important for reducing the time spent wire bending by the Orthodontist…the Torque and Angulation  (see the Power Point on Innovation ). During this time span Other various devices had been attempted but all lacking in “ease of use” and or Precision.  

        It’s true the wonderful Incognito system had been created,  being the first CAD / CAM system for Lingual Orthodontics, however this only increased the cost to the Dr and therefore the patient. Perhaps the main reason for its birth had been directed at Dr’s who did not want to do the traditional ground work and wanted a system that would think for them, but with Gold prices sky rocketing, not to mention bonding issues and bracket strength , this would only mean higher prices.

       Our question was “How could we better use mass produced brackets like the Ormco STb or Dentsply’s Innovation or the 3M Unitek?”, too mention a few and the answer came via the invention of the TAD and BPD.