Orthodontic appliance and pliers for orthodontics
AssigneesYasuhiro Itsuki, Okada Medical Supply Co., Ltd.
InventorYasuhiro Itsuki
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Abstract
An orthodontic appliance is provided and includes: a base member fixed to two or more screws implanted in a vicinity of median palatine suture of a palate bone; an arm-shaped arm member having a first connecting portion connected to the base member and a second connecting portion located in a vicinity of palatal side of a tooth; and a traction member that is made of an elastic wire material and pulls a tooth as the traction target. The traction member has a traction base portion, a traction fixation portion, and a traction force generation portion. The traction fixation portion has a bent portion in which the wire material extending along dentition is plastically deformed and bent toward a tooth root side. The bent portion is hooked on a protruding portion protruding to a palate side in a bracket.
Claims2
An orthodontic appliance comprising:
- a base member fixed to two or more screws adapted to be implanted in a vicinity of median palatine suture of a palate bone;
- an arm-shaped arm member having a first connecting portion connected to the base member and a second connecting portion adapted to be located in a vicinity of palatal side of a tooth;
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- a traction member that is made of a wire material which is elastic and pulls a tooth as a traction target,
- the traction member having:
- a traction base portion fixed to the second connecting portion;
- a traction fixation portion hooked on a bracket that is adapted to be fixed to the traction target located away from the traction base portion;
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- a traction force generation portion that is located between the traction base portion and the traction fixation portion and applies a rearward traction force and a frontward rotational force or a frontward traction force and a rearward rotational force to the bracket via the traction fixation portion,
- the traction fixation portion having a bent portion in the wire material, and adapted to extend along dentition so that the wire material is plastically deformed and bent toward a tooth root side, the bent portion being hooked on a portion of the bracket that protrudes to a palate side of the bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.