3M Unitek Braided Archwire, Multi-Strand 8 Strand
An eight-strand multi-strand archwire available in tapered, square and ovoid arch shapes, used for flexible tooth alignment early in treatment.
Unitek Braided Archwire is built from eight individual strands braided together into a single wire, a construction that gives it notable flexibility compared with a solid wire of the same overall diameter. This flexibility is useful in the initial leveling and alignment phase of orthodontic treatment, when brackets first go on and teeth may be significantly rotated or displaced, since a lower force wire reduces patient discomfort while still engaging every bracket along the arch.
It is available across the OrthoForm range of arch shapes, including OrthoForm I Tapered, OrthoForm II Square, and OrthoForm III Ovoid, giving the clinician a choice that better matches the natural arch form of an individual patient rather than a single generic shape. It is also offered for both the upper and lower arch, with the long list of catalog numbers in this listing covering the different wire gauges, arch shapes and arch positions stocked.
As the manufacturer updates its branding, this wire is transitioning from the Unitek name to the Solventum Braided Archwire line, and orthodontic practices using multi-strand wires at the start of treatment continue to stock a spread of sizes and shapes to fit the patients they see.
