A lip bumper is an archwire attached to a molded piece of plastic. The lip bumper holds back the molars on your lower jaw to provide more space for your other teeth.
An appliance designed to eliminate excessive lip pressure on the anterior teeth and transfer that force to the molars instead. Typically, it consists of a labial archwire with an anterior plastic pad, fitted into orthodontic attachments on the molars. The treatment objectives are to allow incisors to move forward and to distalize the molars, increasing the arch length.
A lip bumper is used to push the molars on your lower jaw back to create more space for the other teeth. Lip bumper consists of an arch wire, which is attached to a molded piece of plastic. You mount the arch wire in the buccal tubes on your lower jaw.