Orthodontic Bracket Slot Orientation Adjustment Device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current orthodontic treatments face challenges in accurately and efficiently adjusting the orientation of archwire slots in orthodontic brackets to achieve desired corrective forces, often requiring trial-and-error processes and involving time-consuming procedures.
Innovation Solution
An orthodontic prescription-defining device that concurrently adjusts the orientation of multiple archwire slots while the brackets are affixed to teeth, using contacting structures to define a predetermined orientation and engagement structures to urge the archwire slots to preselected positions, allowing for precise adjustment without removing the brackets from the teeth.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional trial-and-error adjustment methods are used, then orthodontic brackets can be adjusted, but the process is time-consuming and requires multiple attempts
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-defining multiple preset orientations for the archwire slot relative to the bracket base. These orientations are determined in advance based on common orthodontic treatment requirements, allowing the clinician to select and apply the appropriate preset orientation directly without needing to perform trial-and-error adjustments. This pre-calculation and pre-positioning of slot orientations eliminates the time-consuming iterative process while maintaining high precision in achieving the desired tooth movement forces.
2Ease of operation
If adjustable orthodontic brackets are used, then archwire slot position can be modified without removing brackets, but accurate determination of current position and achieving desired position remains challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics by providing an adjustable bracket system where the archwire slot can be repositioned relative to the bracket base while the bracket remains attached to the tooth. The adjustment mechanism allows the slot to be moved between multiple preset orientations, enabling the clinician to modify the slot position in situ without removing the bracket. This dynamic adjustment capability combines ease of operation with improved measurement precision by providing defined, reproducible orientation positions.
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AI summary
Devices, systems, and methods for adjusting a prescription of a plurality of orthodontic brackets are disclosed herein. The devices include an orthodontic prescription-defining device that includes a plurality of contacting structures and a plurality of prescription-defining engagement structures. The systems include the orthodontic prescription-defining device and a plurality of orthodontic brackets. The methods include unlocking each of a plurality of orthodontic brackets, operatively contacting a plurality of contacting structures of an orthodontic prescription-defining device with a plurality of intra-oral reference points, urging each of a plurality of archwire slots to a respective preselected orientation, and locking each of the plurality of orthodontic brackets in the preselected orientation.