Extended buccal tube
AssigneeThomas F. Gessel, PLLC
InventorThomas Gessel
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Abstract
This disclosure generally describes an extended buccal tube which is used in connection with braces for the teeth. The extended buccal tube accommodates an arch wire of a sufficient length to allow space to be created between one or more teeth while retaining the arch wire within a tube of the extended buccal tube. As space is created and the arch wire slides through the extended buccal tube, an overall length of the arch wire may be monitored through one or more windows in the extended buccal tube. Tooth pads on extended buccal tube may be rotatable by up to 20° in two axes for fitment purposes. When space has been created between the one or more teeth, extended buccal tube may be cut along scoring lines to separate teeth that were bonded together by the extended buccal tube.
Claims17
A buccal tube, comprising:
- a tube having a first tooth pad and a second tooth pad, the tube connecting the first tooth pad and the second tooth pad, the tube further including a window disposed only either on a surface that is opposite the first tooth pad and the second tooth pad or a surface that is on a bottom side of the tube, and wherein the first tooth pad and the second tooth pad are disposed to be connected to an outer facing surface of teeth, wherein one or more tooth pads are adjustable by an adjustable slide connected to the first tooth pad, wherein the adjustable slide and the tube each include a corresponding aperture which interacts with a stopper pin.
A buccal tube, comprising:
- a tube having a length of at least 8 millimeters;
- one or more tooth pads;
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- one or more windows;
- wherein the window is disposed on the tube on only either a surface that is opposite the one or more tooth pad or a surface that is on a bottom side of the tube,
- wherein the one or more tooth pads are disposed to be connected to an outer facing surface of teeth, and
- wherein the one or more tooth pads are adjustable by an adjustable slide connected to the first tooth pad, wherein the adjustable slide and the tube each include a corresponding aperture which interacts with a stopper pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.