Orthodontic working arch wire, and orthodontic treatment system including said arch wire
OwnerAntoine Meleyinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to an orthodontic working arch wire (2) for moving at least one tooth of a dental arch of patient to he treated from a first spatial configuration toward a second spatial configuration, including an element for connecting (42) to the tooth to be treated, which is intended to he attached onto the tooth being treated by snap-fining onto a bracket glued onto one of the surfaces of said tooth, the working arch wire being rigid, the connecting element being movable relative to the orthodontic working arch wire and connected to the orthodontic working arch wire by elastically deformable connecting means (43, 43a).
Claims16
An orthodontic working wire arch (2), designed to move at least one tooth (1) to be treated in a dental arch of a patient from a first spatial configuration toward a second spatial configuration, including an element (40, 41, 41′, 41″, 51, 42) for connecting it with the tooth to be treated, designed to be attached onto the tooth to be treated, characterized in that the working wire arch is rigid, and in that the connecting element is movable with respect to the orthodontic working wire arch and connected to the orthodontic working wire arch by elastically deformable connecting means (43, 43a, 43b, 43c).
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