A 17-year-old girl came to an orthodontic clinic in central India unhappy with her upper front teeth, which jutted forward. Her lower front teeth did too, and her lips did not close easily. Her orthodontists pulled both sets of teeth back with a small wire spring called a "snail loop," and did it without the tiny bone screws often used for this kind of tooth movement.
The case was published Oct. 1 in the Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research by Samiksha Tidke and colleagues in the orthodontics department at Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital in Wardha, Maharashtra. The gaps left by four extracted teeth closed in six months, and the results held at a 12-month check.
