Packaged orthodontic appliance and adhesive material
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsDavid K. Cinader, Jr., Joan V. Brennan, James D. Christoff
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Abstract
A packaged orthodontic assembly includes a container with a chamber and an orthodontic appliance received in the chamber. A quantity of a first orthodontic adhesive material is applied by the manufacturer to the base of the orthodontic appliance. A second orthodontic adhesive material is also received in the chamber in initially spaced relationship to the first orthodontic adhesive material. The practitioner can elect to bring the first orthodontic adhesive material into contact with the second orthodontic adhesive material when desired.
Claims27
A packaged orthodontic assembly comprising:
- a container with a chamber;
- an orthodontic appliance received in the chamber, the appliance including a base;
- a first orthodontic adhesive material extending across the base of the appliance;
- a release surface in the chamber;
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- a second orthodontic adhesive material received on the release surface, wherein the second orthodontic adhesive material is spaced in the chamber from the first orthodontic adhesive material and is exposed in facing relation to the first orthodontic adhesive material for selective contact with the first orthodontic adhesive material when desired.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.