Orthodontic bracket apparatus and method for treating malocclusion

An orthodontic bracket and bracket technology, used in brackets, medical science, cleaning teeth, etc., can solve the problems of long treatment time for patients, inability to achieve tooth orientation, and difficulty in establishing proper orientation or placement of orthodontic brackets.

CN111727020BActive Publication Date: 2022-06-28PREMIER ORTHODONTIC DESIGNS LLLP
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CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
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Publication Date
2022-06-28

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Abstract

An orthodontic bracket device and method for treating malocclusions, the orthodontic bracket device comprising: a bracket base having an angled rearward facing surface, and the angled rearward facing surface positioned adjacent to the forward-facing surface of the patient's teeth in a mating manner and in a releasable manner; a plurality of bracket bodies releasably and adjustable with the bracket base engagement; and an archwire simultaneously engageable within an archwire slot defined in each of the bracket bodies to impart the primary motion, the secondary motion, and the secondary motion to the maloccluded tooth. tertiary motion; and wherein the bracket base remains attached to the patient's teeth throughout a multi-step orthodontic treatment protocol selected by the treating clinician.
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[0001] Related applications

[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 on May 4, 2015. The inventors of the present invention are the same named inventors of previously filed co-pending US Patent Application Serial No. 14 / 702,961. The entire contents of the aforementioned co-pending US Patent Application Serial No. 14 / 702,961 and its teachings are expressly incorporated herein by reference. technical field

[0003] The present invention relates to orthodontic bracket apparatus and methods for treating malocclusion, and more particularly to orthodontic brackets that, in combination with novel archwires, can be implemented to operate in various forms , to provide multiple torque transmissions, and the orthodontic bracket acts individually and forcefully on the patient's teeth while remaining substantially in the same relative orientation on the anterior-facing surface...

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[0070] The first form of the invention consists generally of Figure 4 and hereinafter indicated by reference numeral 10 . For the purposes of the present invention, it will be understood that the various forms of the present invention, as described hereinafter, will be used to implement a multi-step orthodontic treatment method, regimen or plan that is Provided by a clinician to treat one or several orthodontic abnormalities that a patient has. The orthodontic bracket 10 of the present invention is releasably attached to the patient's teeth 11 ( Figure 5 ), and in particular to the anterior facing surface 12 of the patient's teeth 11 . The orthodontic bracket 10 will be discussed below in its various forms, and when used in conjunction with the archwire 90 and other orthodontic appliances to be described, the orthodontic bracket 10 is operable to provide varying degrees of torque and / or other forces, and this in combination corrects the orthodontic abnormalities that the ...