Orthodontic bracket and clip
OwnerJohn Devincenzoinventor
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Abstract
An orthodontic bracket comprising a pair of tie wings, an archwire containing slot disposed between the tie wings, a pair of gingival stabilizing notches formed in one of the tie wings, an incisal stabilizing slot formed in the other tie wing, an orthodontic clip comprising an interactive section with a gingival wing secured to one side edge thereof and an incisal wing secured to the other side thereof, a medial slit formed in interactive section, a pair of supplemental slits formed between the interactive section and the gingival wing and the incisal wing, respectively, portions of the gingival wing disposed in the gingival stabilizing notches, and a portion of the incisal wing disposed in the incisal stabilizing slot.
Claims13
An orthodontic appliance comprising a bracket including a pair of spaced tie wings, at least one gingival stabilizing notch formed in one of said tie wings, an incisal stabilizing slot formed in the other of said tie wings, a planar orthodontic clip including an interactive section with a gingival wing and an incisal wing integrally joined to the side edges of said interactive section respectively, a supplemental slit formed in said clip between one of said wings and said interactive section, and a portion of said gingival wing disposed in said gingival stabilizing notch and a portion of said incisal wing disposed in said incisal stabilizing slot.
An orthodontic appliance comprising a bracket including a pair of spaced tie wings, at least one gingival stabilizing notch formed in one of said tie wings, an incisal stabilizing slot formed in the other of said tie wings, an orthodontic clip including an interactive section with a gingival wing and an incisal wing integrally joined to the side edges of said interactive section respectively, a portion of said gingival wing disposed in said gingival stabilizing notch, a portion of said incisal wing disposed in said incisal stabilizing slot, and a medial slit formed in said interactive section.
An orthodontic appliance comprising a bracket including a pair of spaced tie wings, at least one gingival stabilizing notch formed in one of said tie wings, an incisal stabilizing slot formed in the other of said tie wings, an orthodontic clip including an interactive section with a gingival wing and an incisal wing integrally joined to the side edges of said interactive section respectively, a portion of said gingival wing disposed in said gingival stabilizing notch, a portion of said incisal wing disposed in said incisal stabilizing slot, and a pair of apertures formed in said gingival wing and said incisal wing respectively.
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