Devices, systems, and methods for adjusting a prescription of a plurality of orthodontic brackets

A method of adjusting an orientation of a plurality of archwire slots of a plurality of orthodontic brackets to define a prescription of the plurality of orthodontic brackets while each of the plurality of orthodontic brackets is operatively affixed to a corresponding tooth within a patient's mouth, wherein each of the plurality of orthodontic brackets includes a base configured to be operatively affixed to the corresponding tooth and a body that is configured to be selectively repositioned relative to the base and that defines an archwire slot of the plurality of archwire slots that is configured to receive an archwire, and further wherein each of the plurality of orthodontic brackets defines a locked configuration in which an orientation of the archwire slot relative to the base is at least substantially fixed, and an unlocked configuration that permits the orientation of the archwire slot relative to the base to be varied via relative motion between the body and the base, the method comprising:

• unlocking each of the plurality of orthodontic brackets by transitioning each of the plurality of orthodontic brackets to a respective unlocked configuration;
• operatively contacting a plurality of contacting structures of an orthodontic prescription-defining device with a plurality of intra-oral reference points within the patient's mouth to define a predetermined orientation of the orthodontic prescription-defining device within the patient's mouth;
• concurrently with the operatively contacting, urging, with a plurality of prescription-defining engagement structures of the orthodontic prescription-defining device, each of the plurality of archwire slots to a respective preselected orientation relative to the plurality of intra-oral reference points;
• and
• locking each of the plurality of orthodontic brackets by transitioning each of the plurality of orthodontic brackets to a respective locked configuration.