3M MBT Bracket Positioning Guide, Incisal Reference

The MBT Appliance System Bracket Positioning Guide is a bonding aid used by orthodontists working with the MBT prescription to help place brackets at the correct height and position on each tooth, measured from the incisal edge according to the specific positioning tenets that define the MBT system.

Because the MBT prescription is built around a defined set of bracket positioning rules developed to work together as a coordinated system across the arch, using a guide matched to that specific prescription helps ensure bracket placement follows the intended positioning logic rather than a generic approach that may not align with how the MBT prescription was designed to function.

Accurate, consistent bracket placement across all the teeth being bonded is one of the more important variables in how predictably a case will finish, since the prescription built into each bracket assumes a particular starting position relative to the tooth. This guide is a reusable chairside tool kept on the bonding tray during MBT bonding appointments, referenced tooth by tooth as brackets are positioned and before the adhesive is light cured.

Practices using the MBT Appliance System as their standard bracket prescription rely on a matched positioning guide like this rather than a generic gauge to maintain consistency across their bonding cases.