What is the type of wire formed by twisting five tempered wire over a common wire?
Correct Answer: Co-axial wire
Description: Coaxial Archwire
Coaxial archwires are made of a central core wire of 0.006 inch diameter wire with 5 or 6 outer wires.
These wires are more flexible and were very frequently used for initial alignment of the teeth before the advent of Ni-Ti wires.
Textbook of Orthodontics Gurkeerat Singh 2nd ed pg no 335
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