After one month of using the flexible wire (.0175' twisted wire), a .016' stainless steel wire is placed for the upper arch.  There is no tension around the upper canine.  The anterior open bite is worse than before the twisted wire was used.

*: thick band of attached gingiva, brought down while the canine is erupting.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 03/23/2013, last revision 03/23/2014