Improved orthodontic bracket

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A - Human Necessities

61

C

A61C 7/24 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2547433

The present invention provides an improved self-ligating orthodontic bracket. According to one embodiment, the improved orthodontic bracket includes a mounting base for attachment to a tooth surface, an archwire slot formed upon the base and sized for receiving an orthodontic archwire, a channel formed upon the base and transversely oriented to the archwire slot, and a ligating slide member slideably retained within the channel and closeable over the archwire slot for retaining the orthodontic archwire therein, and wherein the ligating slide member includes at least one coplanar resilient retention mechanism for exerting retention forces coplanar with the ligating slide member for holding the ligating slide member in a closed position. In one embodiment, the improved orthodontic bracket comprises a bracket with a ligating slide member slideably retained within a dovetail shaped channel.

La présente invention porte sur un boîtier orthodontique auto-ligaturant amélioré. Selon un mode de réalisation, le boîtier orthodontique amélioré est constitué d'une base destinée être fixée à la surface de la dent, d'une fente formée sur la base et dont la taille permet de recevoir un arc orthodontique, d'une cannelure formée dans la base et orientée transversalement vers la fente, et d'une glissière ligaturante retenue dans la cannelure et que l'on peut refermer sur la fente pour retenir l'arc orthodontique à l'intérieur, et où la glissière ligaturante comprend au moins un mécanisme de rétention résilient coplanaire exerçant des forces de rétention dans le même plan que la glissière ligaturante afin de retenir la glissière dans une position fermée. Dans l'un des modes de réalisation, le boîtier orthodontique amélioré comprend un boîtier muni d'une glissière ligaturante retenue à l'intérieur d'une cannelure en forme de queue d'aronde.

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