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Aim: This study aimed to compare different types of ligation methods to obtain maximum tooth movement with the least undesirable rotation.
Methods: Titanium brackets bonded to acrylic canine teeth were ligated to straight stainless steel (SS) archwires using four ligation methods (figure-O and figure-8 elastics, SS ligatures, and Leone Slide ligatures). The teeth with the ligatures in place were stored in a water bath at 37ºC for 1 day, 1 week, 2, 4 or 6 weeks before testing. The teeth were retracted through softened wax along the archwire and the amount of tooth movement and degree of rotation were measured.
Results: Slide ligatures showed the highest distance of tooth movement and degree of canine rotation followed by figure-O elastics
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