This research intended to review all the available prescriptions of pre-adjusted orthodontic appliances in the market and to discuss the justification of the authors as to the prescribed angulation, inclination and rotation suggested. The review encompassed the rectangular wire application in Edgewise brackets, until the implementation of self ligation, and many other kinds of brackets with distinct shapes according to the utilized technique. It was clear the great variety of many orthodontic mechanotherapy and brackets prescriptions, demonstrating that Orthodontics is a science with many possible alternatives.
Straight wire; Preadjusted appliances; Brackets prescriptions
