“…The placement of the fixed orthodontic appliance was completed with the direct bonding of brackets on the remaining upper and lower teeth, except on teeth #14, #24 and #44 -which would be extracted, with the objective of eliminating crowding and allow the correction of the dental bimaxillary protrusion, by means of retracting the anterior teeth. 1,3,4 Alignment and leveling were carried with 0.012, 0.014, 0.016 and 0.018-in NiTi archwires; and 0.017 x 0.025-in NiTi rectangular, and stainless steel 0.019 x 0.025-in archwires. Then, the retraction of upper and lower anterior teeth, and the correction of the lower midline were performed.…”