Keyhole Loops and T-Loops allow clinicians a choice of designs. These loops make a stainless (or Beta Titanium) archwire a multipurpose treatment adjunct that can achieve various intraoral objectives, often simultaneously. Such objectives can include:
- Friction-free segmented retraction
- Opening or closing spaces
- Intruding or extruding anterior teeth
- Opening or closing the bite
- Leveling the Curve of Spee
- Engaging Class I, II, III or up-and-down elastics
- Torquing the anterior or posterior teeth
- Attaching J-hooks for headgear in retracting anterior teeth