Evaluation of Clinical and Patient-Reported Outcomes of Laceback

"Lacebacks are a kind of orthodontic auxilliaries used during the initial phase of orthodontic fixed appliance treatment, especially in premolar extraction cases. They are 0.010 stainless steel ligatures tied in figure-of-8 fashion beneath the main archwires, from the canine bracket till the first molar hook of one quadrant. For this study, on the side that is randomly allocated to receive laceback, laceback will be put on both upper and lower arches (from canine bracket to 1st molar hook)."