Bracket system
AssigneeKLOwen Braces, Inc.
InventorBrandon Owen
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Abstract
A bracket system for orthodontic appliances including a bracket combinatorial library having a plurality of brackets each interchangeably fixedly mountable to each of a plurality of teeth within a dentition group in a dental arch, whereby the plurality of brackets can be configured to provide incremental variation in tipping force moments, in-out force moments, and torqueing force moments over the entire useful range of orthodontic mechanics, allowing an orthodontic practitioner to prescribe a combination of tipping force moments, in-out force moments, and torqueing force moments unique for each tooth in relation to the plurality of teeth of a patient.
Claims11
A method of using a bracket combinatorial library including a plurality of brackets, each interchangeably fixedly mountable to each of a plurality of teeth within a dentition group in a dental arch, comprising:
- determining one or more tipping force moments, in-out force moments, or torqueing force moments sufficient to correct misalignment of at least one tooth within said plurality of teeth;
- and
- selecting a bracket corresponding to the determination from said plurality of brackets;
- wherein said plurality of brackets comprises a plurality of preselected bracket body lengths and a plurality of preselected archwire slot angles;
- wherein each one of said plurality of preselected bracket body lengths is discretely combined with each one of said plurality of preselected archwire slot angles to provide said plurality of brackets within said bracket combinatorial library, said plurality of brackets equal to a product of a number of different said preselected bracket body lengths times a number of different said preselected archwire slot angles.
A method of using a bracket combinatorial library including a plurality of brackets, each interchangeably fixedly mountable to each of a plurality of teeth within a dentition group in a dental arch, comprising:
- determining one or more tipping force moments, in-out force moments, or torqueing force moments sufficient to correct misalignment of at least one tooth within said plurality of teeth;
- and
- selecting a bracket corresponding to the determination from said plurality of brackets;
- wherein said plurality of brackets comprises a plurality of preselected bracket body lengths and a plurality of preselected archwire slot angles;
- wherein each one of said plurality of preselected bracket body lengths is discretely combined with each one of said plurality of preselected archwire slot angles to provide said plurality of brackets within said bracket combinatorial library.
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