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Looped Archwires
Precision Manufactured By G&H® Orthodontics
G&H®’s looped retraction arches are individually formed to exacting standards.
Our looped archwires are available in stainless steel and in BT3™ Beta Titanium. Keyhole Loops and T-Loops allow clinicians a choice of designs. These loops make a stainless (or Beta Titanium) archwire a multipurpose treatment adjunct that can achieve various intraoral objectives, often simultaneously.
Such objectives can include:
- Friction-free segmented retraction
- Opening or closing spaces
- Intruding or extruding anterior teeth
- Opening or closing the bite
- Leveling the Curve of Spee
- Engaging Class I, II, III or up-and-down elastics
- Torquing the anterior or posterior teeth
- Attaching J-hooks for headgear in retracting anterior teeth
To select a proper size looped arch, measure along incisal edge from distal of lateral to distal of opposite lateral with a mm ruler.
Looped Sizes 28mm (Lower) & 36mm (Upper) are used the most.
Dr. Ron Roth said that for retraction, a stainless loop should be activated by expanding it the “width of one thin dime.”
Tech Tip for Looped & Posted Wires:
To apply anterior torque, hold the loop or post by straddling it with a Rose Torquing Plier. Apply 3rd order bends with a second plier to the anterior segment without distorting the loop or post.
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