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Hi Everyone,

I just had an adjustment this morning and I had my top archwire changed to a thick bioforce wire. I'm not sure exactly what this type of wire is supposed to do so if anyone can share some insight that would be great.

Thanks!

Ok I take it no one knows what bioforce wires do... Instead of creating a new post I'll just ask another question I have here. I'm 5 months in to my treatment. My teeth which were very overcrowded on the top have all aligned now and some gaps need to be closed. My ortho said that my alignment process would be complete by my next appt in the beginning of October. Then I imagine he will try to close my anterior open bite.

I'm not sure how he'll do that though, it seems from reading some posts here that elastics are used. I don't need surgery it seems. Has anyone had elastics to close an open bite and if so how long was it before you noticed any improvement? Thanks!

Sorry was on vacation in Paris and missed this thread until it got bumped :).

Bioforce is a particular type of wire from a company called GAC. It is a NiTi wire with differing force levels as you go from the anterior teeth to the posterior (increasing as you go back). The theory behind the wire is that less force is required to move the smaller rooted teeth in the front and more is needed for the molars with larger and more root structure.

As for closing the bite, there are many ways to do it including using elastics, curved wires, intruding molars, extruding incisors, grinding down molar cusps, etc. Ask your orthodontist how they plan on doing it at your next visit if you're curious :).

Good luck!