3M Unitek Coaxial Wire, Multi-Strand Archwire
A square, universal arch multi-strand archwire built from five tempered wires wound around a central core, used for flexible early stage tooth alignment.
Unitek Coaxial Wire is a multi-strand archwire constructed from five tempered wires wrapped helically around a central core wire, giving it a level of flexibility that a solid wire of the same dimension would not have. This construction makes it well suited to the early alignment stages of orthodontic treatment, where teeth are often significantly out of position and a wire with lower stiffness is needed to engage all the brackets without generating excessive or uncomfortable force.
It is offered in a square arch shape intended to fit a universal arch form, and is available across a small range of catalog numbers covering different wire gauges. As the manufacturer transitions its archwire naming, this product is moving from the Unitek Coaxial Wire name to the Solventum Multi-Strand Archwire line, though the underlying multi-strand wire construction and its role in early leveling and alignment remains the same.
Orthodontic practices typically stock multi-strand wires like this specifically for the initial phase of treatment before progressing patients onto stiffer stainless steel or rectangular archwires as alignment improves.
