{"id":5208,"date":"2015-12-02T15:12:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T14:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redesign.madsen.de\/en\/blog\/glossary\/trans-palatal-arch\/"},"modified":"2020-06-04T10:38:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T08:38:33","slug":"trans-palatal-arch","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/lexikon\/trans-palatal-arch\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans-Palatal Arch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Trans-Palatal Arch (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/lexikon\/tpa\/\">TPA<\/a>), also known as Goshgarian arch, is a wire element attached to the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/lexikon\/molars\/\">molars<\/a> in the upper jaw. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/lexikon\/tpa\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"TPA is the abbreviation of Transpalatal Arch. (See Transpalatal Arch)\" class=\"encyclopedia\">TPA<\/a> is made up of stainless steel wire with a diameter of 0.9mm and inserted into special locks on orthodontic bands. The TPA makes it possible to rotate, tilt and physically move the 1<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;molars outwards and, to a certain extent, also backwards and forwards. The Trans-Palatal Arch is one of the most effective appliances, that successfully carries out its duties without needing constant maintenance or an over-whelming hindrance on daily life.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, German orthodontists often prefer the obsolete active plate because working with TPA requires good knowledge and a certain degree of technical skill. The active plate is not nearly as efficient for the tasks mentioned as the TPA and impairs speech at a high degree.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trans-Palatal Arch (TPA), also known as Goshgarian arch, is a wire element attached to the first molars in the upper jaw. The TPA is made up of stainless steel wire with a diameter of 0.9mm and inserted into special locks on orthodontic bands. The TPA makes it possible to rotate, tilt and physically move [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-5208","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/5208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/5208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13736,"href":"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/5208\/revisions\/13736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}