Orthodontic bracket apparatus and method for treating a malocclusion

Abstract

An orthodontic bracket apparatus and method for treating a malocclusion includes a bracket base having an angulated posterior facing surface and which is matingly and releasably positioned adjacent toan anterior facing surface of a patient's tooth; a multiplicity of bracket bodies releasably and adjustably engageable with the bracket base; and an arch wire simultaneously engageable within an archwire slot defined in each of the bracket bodies to exert first, second and third order movements to the maloccluded tooth; and wherein the bracket base remains affixed to the patient's tooth throughout the multiple step orthodontic treatment regimen selected by the treating clinician.

Description

[0001] related application [0002] The present patent application is a continuation-in-part (CIP) patent application of co-pending US patent application Serial No. 14 / 702,961 filed May 4, 2015. The inventor of the present invention is a previously named co-pending US patent application Ser. No. 14 / 702,961 named the same inventor. The entire contents and teachings of the aforementioned co-pending US Patent Application Serial No. 14 / 702,961 are expressly incorporated herein by reference. technical field [0003] The present invention relates to orthodontic bracket apparatus and methods for treating malocclusions, and more particularly to orthodontic brackets that, in combination with novel archwires, can be implemented to be operable in various forms , to provide multiple torque transfers, and the orthodontic brackets act individually and positively on the patient's teeth while remaining substantially in the same relative orientation on the forward-facing surfaces of the patie...

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However, due to the problems associated with the ligature wing spacing - and the ligature wing spacing often limits the placement of the C-links and elastics on these appliances - and the alignment of orthodontic brackets with adjacent orthodontic brackets in an attempt to and issues associated with achieving a horizontal archwire slot arrangement, these orthodontic brackets have not been as widely accepted by clinicians as desired

In fact, the aforementioned disadvantages are one of the major objections many clinicians have against the use of passive ligated orthodontic brackets to achieve the desired type of orthodontic treatment

Given the perceived shortcomings described above, many clinicians fail to adopt this type or style of orthodontic brackets in their clinical practice

As a result, treatment times are often too long for many patients and, in many cases, clinicians are unable to achieve the proper final tooth orientation desired by their patients

[0007] Although the above-mentioned new orthodontic brackets as seen in U.S. Patent No. 9,198,740 and the new archwires as described in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. There is still some difficulty in establishing the proper orientation or placement of orthodontic brackets on the patient's teeth, such as the upper and lower canines

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