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Summary of Contents for 3TO BRACE
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
1.1. Foreword 1.2. Treatment objectives 2. Work materials 2.1. Braces and loops 2.2. Instruments 3. How to place the 3TO-Brace 3.1. Preparing the nail fold 3.2. Preparing the brace 3.3. Bending the 1. brace side 3.4. Placing the 1. brace side 3.5. -
Page 4: Introduction
Please read these instructions carefully after you have attended the seminar and pay particular attention to the safety information for your own and your patients’ safety. 1.2. Treatment objectives of the 3TO therapy The 3TO therapy helps to restore the natural growth of the damaged nail. ® The 3TO-BRACE... -
Page 5: Work Materials
3TO children braces The 3TO children brace is designed for children braces and for all small nails and fingernails. Like the normal brace, it is 0.4 mm thick, only the distance between the S-bend and the omega is particularly small in this design. -
Page 6: Instruments
2.2. Instruments Side-cutting- 3TO Combination- Fixation- Hook nippers pliers pliers... -
Page 7: How To Place The 3To-Brace
3.2. Preparing the brace The brace must be disinfected in an immersion bath using a... -
Page 8: Bending The 1. Brace Side
(see Picture 1 + drawing 1a) Drawing 1a Picture 1 Bend the hook with the combination pliers: Fix the brace in the area of the omega into the fixation pliers Pre-bend the first hook with the combination pliers (pictures 2a, 2b) Picture 2a... - Page 9 Press together the hook in a borehole of the combination pliers. The size of the holes will define the size of the hooks. The further you move to the rear, the bigger the borehole. Important: The bend of the hook must be in the pliers completely and may not look out on the other side.
- Page 10 Deburr the hook using a sandstone milling device or a nail file (Picture 4) Picture 4 Picture 5 Cut off the first brace side within the S-bend with the side-cutting nippers (Picture 5) Clamp the “S-loop” in the needle holder (Picture 6) and further adjust the bend of the side to the warping of the nail again.
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Page 11: Placing The 1. Brace Side
– the tip of the hook shows to the front (Picture 7) Picture 7 Turn the brace side by 90° (¼ turn) and bring it down towards the nail (Picture 8) -
Page 12: Placing The 2. Brace Side
3.5. Placing the 2. brace side Use the same procedure like you did for the first one as described in chapters 3.3-3.5. (Picture 9 and 10) Picture 9 Picture 10... -
Page 13: Installing The Loop
12,13). As soon as the patient feels some tension, stop turning and remove the hook. Picture 12 Picture 13 Check the brace for tight fit. The brace is correctly placed, when it provides sufficient hold and when the patient does not feel any tension yet. - Page 14 How to avoid tearing of the loops: ▪ The tension of the 3TO-Brace is not applied with the loop directly, but with your thumb and forefinger instead. The loop is used for setting and fixing afterwards. (see Picture 12) ▪ While turning, please make sure that the spiral created is located in the middle of the two sides of the brace.
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Page 15: Cutting Off Wire Ends
Loop: Cut off short - 2 threads must be maintained – hold the side-cutting nippers in a vertical position to the loop and keep the cutting surface towards the brace (Picture 14). Picture 14 “S-loops of the brace”: Hold the side-cutting nippers in a flat position and cut off the wire ends in the “s-loop“.(Picture 15 and 16) –... -
Page 16: Fix And Seal Connection Area
Use the spatula and apply one drop of PediGel onto all sharp wire parts (Picture 17) Picture 17 Harden the PediGel with the 3TO Micro Lamp for about 30 seconds. Keep the distance between the lamp and the PediGel as short as possible. (Picture 18) A fluid and adhesive film will be formed on the sealing surface during hardening. -
Page 17: Remove And Re-Adjust The 3To-Brace
4. Remove and re-adjust the brace 4.1. Removing the brace If you do not want to re-adjust the brace, you may cut off the wire at any desired place with the side-cutting nippers and remove the brace parts. However, if you want to re-adjust the brace, the brace sides must remain intact. -
Page 18: Re-Adjust The Brace
Please remove any adhering contaminations and rinse the brace with clear water after disinfection. Please place the two brace sides on the nail again with a new loop as described in chapters 3.4-3.8: Hang the two sides into the nail fold again (see 3.4. & 3.5.) Contract the sides with a new loop (see 3.6.) -
Page 19: Patient Notes
6. Therapist notes 6.1 Safety hints The 3TO-Brace may only be used by trained therapists. That is why the brace and loops may not be given to third parties. The brace may not be transferred from one patient to the next! -
Page 20: General Treatment Information
6.2 General treatment information Any inflammatory areas must be treated. Once the nail has adapted the form of the brace, the brace may become loose and may fall off. If that happens, it is recommended to remove the brace and re-adjust it proximally to the previous position.