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This article is freely available. Click here to download a PDF. Although intermaxillary elastics are often used to settle the occlusion during the finishing stage of orthodontic treatment, many bracket systems do not include hooks for elastics attachment. Kobayashi or custom-made ligature hooks1 tend to bend labially when used with heavy elastics, especially during placement and removal, and elastics can even pop loose from the hooks on mouth opening. We have devised a simple, stiff hook--named the "PGI hook" after our Post-Graduate Institute--for use with intermaxillary elastics in patients bonded with twin brackets. . . .
RAJ KUMAR VERMA, BDS
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Junior Resident, Unit of Orthodontics, Oral Health Sciences Centre, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, UT India
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ASHOK KUMAR JENA, MDS
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Assistant Professor, Unit of Orthodontics, Oral Health Sciences Centre, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, UT India; ashokkjena@yahoo.co.in.
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SATINDER PAL SINGH, MDS
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Additional Professor, Unit of Orthodontics, Oral Health Sciences Centre, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, UT India.
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ASHOK KUMAR UTREJA, MDS
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Professor and Head, Unit of Orthodontics, Oral Health Sciences Centre, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, UT India.
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