.020 VTA™ Bracket System

  • Bracket Construction: Investment Cast, 80 Gauge Mesh Base, .018 x .018 Vertical Slot
  • Available Prescriptions: .020* Variable Torque
  • Shipping Time: Orders received by 3pm CST typically ship the same day.
Traditional design with expanded torquing options
The .020 VTA™ (Variable Torque Appliance) is the most versatile, accurate and clinically efficient appliance available to the orthodontic professional. Hundreds of clinicians and thousands of patients have benefited from it's proven design features:

.020 VTA™ system actual torque values

The patented .020 slot and higher appliance torque values allow you to accurately and easily vary torque to meet the requirements of each individual patient by simply choosing the appropriate larger or smaller dimension rectangular or square archwire.
Learn more about .020 VTA System Actual Torque Values

Details To Consider...
The .020 VTA™ Variable Torque Appliance
Features | Benefits
Torque In Base | Compound Contour Design These features allow for precise and easy bracket placement without "rocking".
Rhomboid Bracket Shape | Permanent Scribe Provides long axis and incisal reference for more
accurate bracket placement.
.030 Slot Depth Allows for improved torque control. Sectional and utility archwires may also be employed in combination with primary archwires.
.018 x .018 Vertical Slot Allows for the use of uprighting, torquing and rotation auxiliaries as well as "T" hooks for Class II and box elastics
80 Gauge Foil Backed Mesh Bases This base design provides deeper undercuts
for greater bond strength. This is especially important when using modern adhesives designed to eliminate bracket drift or when bonding with high particle fill light cure materials.
Advanced Palladium Brazing Techniques Eliminates bracket/ base separation and the possibility of corrosion.
Optional Bicuspid Base Designs Available Regency™ V-Slot Bracket System allows for the interchanging of bicuspid offset bases, extended bases (mesially/distally), with or without hooks at no additional charge.
Maxillary
Tor.
Ang.
Off.
.020
.022
Central
+17º
+5º
0
600-801
600-802
Lateral
+12º
+8º
0
600-803
600-804
Cuspid / Reversible Pad
+7º / -7º
+10º
0
600-805
7600-806
Cuspid / Standard Pad
-7º
+10º
0
600-807
600-808
1st and 2nd Bicuspid
-7º
0
0
600-809
600-809
1st and 2nd Bicuspid / Offset
-11º
0
0
600-811
7600-811
Mandibular
Tor.
Ang.
Off.
.020
.022
Lower Anteriors
0
0
0
600-815
600-815
Cuspid / Reversible Pad
+7º / -7º
+5º
0
600-816
600-817
Cuspid / Standard Pad
-9º
+5º
0
600-818
600-819
1st and 2nd Bicuspid
-17º
0
0
600-821
600-821
1st and 2nd Bicuspid / Offset
-17º
0
0
600-829
600-829