Use of a tip-edge stage-1 wire to enhance vertical control during straight wire treatment: two case reports.
Vertical control is one of the problems occasionally encountered in Straight wire treatment. Two cases, one with deep overbite and one with anterior open-bite, demonstrate the use of a Tip-Edge stage-1 wire to enhance vertical control in conjunction with Straight wire brackets and superelastic main arch wires.
Taylor
Helen
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Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, UK. helentaylor@ukonline.co.uk
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