| Subject: Re: Closing Loops...Dr.Rick? |
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drrick
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Date Posted: 11:04:39 07/17/04 Sat
In reply to:
Dawn
's message, "Closing Loops...Dr.Rick?" on 06:01:25 07/17/04 Sat
With a closing loop the loop in the wire is cinched smaller and thus provides a closing force.
>I think there are different types of closing wires,
>but all serve the same basic function. My first
>archwire with loops was hand-crafted by my ortho, he
>put the loops in himself. I had elastics that went
>from lower first molars to those loops, which were at
>my canine. This latest archwire has what I think are
>called Omega loops.
>Dr. Rick...can you provide more info? How do closing
>loops work and what are the different kinds?
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