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US 2003/0194676 A1Published application
Lingual archwire forming appliance
OwnerNeil John Grahaminventor
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Abstract
A lingual archwire forming appliance for adapting a wire to the lingual surfaces of a patient's teeth during the construction of a bonded lingual archwire retainer. The appliance is composed of a handle attached to an arch-formed wire. The combination of the handle and curved archwire are useful in fitting a bonded lingual archwire directly in a patient's mouth.
Claims20
An archwire forming appliance for making an orthodontic lingual archwire retainer comprising
- an arcuate planer archwire having left and right ends;
- a longitudinal handle attached to the arcuate planar wire, the handle having a longitudinal body spine with opposing left and right longitudinal ends and a longitudinal axis, the appliance to be handheld and repositioned in the mouth repeatedly in the similar position during the adaptation of the arcuate wire to the lingual surfaces of the patient's teeth.
An archwire forming apparatus for adaptably forming a lingual archwire comprising:
- an orthodontic arcuate planar archwire with two ends wherein each end has attached to it an orthodontic mesh pad positioned opposite to and parallel to the lingual surfaces of the teeth the mesh pads are to be bonded to;
- a handle attached to the arcuate wire or orthodontic mesh pad and extending away from the arcuate wire, allowing the arcuate wire to be repeatedly repositioned in a patient's mouth in the same relative position to the patient's anterior teeth during the adaptation process of the arcuate wire to the lingual surfaces of the patient's anterior teeth;
- a flat area at the end of the handle opposite the arcuate wire attachment wherein the flat area is parallel to the planar dimension of the arcuate wire, the flat area allowing the handle to be firmly held.
An archwire forming appliance used to form a bonded lingual archwire by the steps comprising:
- holding the archwire forming appliance by the handle;
- placing the arcuate portion of the appliance in the patients mouth, the arcuate curve against the lingual surfaces of the patient's anterior teeth;
- positioning the arcuate wire in the mouth with the planar dimension of the arcuate wire parallel to the occlusal plane of the patient's teeth;
- bending the arcuate wire to conform to the lingual surfaces of the anterior teeth;
- positioning the arcuate wire repeatedly in the same position in the mouth and repeatedly bending the wire to fit the lingual surfaces of the anterior teeth;
- cutting the right end of the arcuate archwire length to conform with the number of teeth to be retained by the lingual archwire;
- placing the arcuate wire against the lingual surfaces of the anterior teeth;
- and
- bonding the arcuate wire to the teeth.
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