The Butterfly System was developed by Dr. Jay Bowman to address the most common orthodontic mistakes reported by the ABO. The bracket's low profile and smooth, rounded tie wings provide exceptional comfort. The incorporation of a vertical slot offers added convenience and versatility. The use of auxiliaries in the vertical slot gives control in all three planes and allows convenient tying-in of severely rotated or misaligned teeth.

Anterior Root Angulation

Most popular preadjusted prescriptions have no angulation in mandibular anterior brackets. This may result in distal tipping of incisor crowns or root convergence. Progressive mesial crown tip is incorporated into the Butterfly System at the lower anteriors. This reduces the typical distal crown tipping and root convergence of the lower incisors, improving the stability of finished cases by "tent-posting" the incisors.

Preventative Lower Anterior Torque

Lingual crown torque of -5˚ is designed into the mandibular anterior brackets of the Butterfly System to resit incisor tipping during leveling. As an option, -10˚ of preventative torque is offered to counteract the additional labial tipping from Class II elastics or fixed functional appliances.

Progressive Posterior Torque

The Butterfly System features increased maxillary posterior torque (-14˚) and reduced mandibular posterior torque (-10˚) to improve intercuspation and posterior overjet, flatten Curve of Wilson, and reduce interferences.

Reversible Second Premolar Brackets

The Butterfly System accommodates both extraction and non-extraction cases. With non-extraction mechanics, +3˚ mesial crown tip reduces marginal ridge discrepancies between 1st and 2nd premolars. In extraction cases, the 2nd bicuspid brackets may be reversed to the contralateral 1st or 2nd bicuspid, providing -3˚ distal crown tip, which improves root paralleling during space closure.

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