Quick bit of lab-chair trivia: the heat-activated NiTi many of us use traces back to 1960s Naval Ordnance Nitinol, and swapping in a 0.014 CuNiTi last Tuesday noticeably reduced a teen’s first-week soreness versus stainless. In your experience, has superelastic NiTi or self-ligating brackets done more to make that initial month feel kinder?