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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5362233 | Orthodontic appliance An orthodontic appliance includes a bracket having a front face provided with a rectangular recess for receiving an archwire and rear face for attachment to a tooth or backing plate with an intermediate segment defining a peripheral groove having a pair o... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5356288 | Dual orthodontic bracket This invention relates to a novel bracket assembly for producing tooth movement in the treatment of dental malocclusions. A dual bracket system includes a primary and secondary bracket. An archwire is received in the secondary bracket. The primary bracket... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5275557 | Self-locking orthodontic bracket A self-locking orthodontic bracket includes a base for attachment to a tooth or tooth band. Transversely spaced tying lugs are fixed to the base and include opposed extensions for orthodontic attachment purposes. The tying lugs present an anterior or fron... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5248257 | Orthodontic bracket system There is disclosed a set of orthodontic brackets for attachment to teeth of either the mandibular arch or the maxillary arch. The orthodontic brackets comprise a plurality body members each having a base surface, a top surface and two opposing side surfac... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5169311 | Orthodontic bracket and method An orthodontic bracket and method of fitting is disclosed comprising a bracket of the type including a base portion adapted for attachment to the labial surface of a tooth: (i) A lock pin receiving portion having a substantially vertical opening extending... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5123838 | Orthodontic bracket There is disclosed an improved orthodontic bracket comprising a body member having a base surface, a top surface and two opposing side surfaces; slots formed in the top surface having a depth substantially equal to the position of the slot in the side sur... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5094614 | Miniature self-locking labial bracket A bracket having a closure slot extending through both sides of the bracket body across an archwire slot for a closure member to secure an archwire. The bracket body is compact, with a continuous profile, and the closure member ends are contained within t... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5037297 | Orthodontic bracket and lock pin An orthodontic bracket device for use with the straight wire and light wire corrective techniques either singly or in combination. The bracket features intersecting securement slots for both reduced bulk and advantageous placement of the control wires clo... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4941825 | Orthodontic bracket and lock pin An orthodontic bracket device for use with the straight wire and light wire corrective techniques either singly or in combination. The bracket features intersecting securement slots for both reduced bulk and advantageous placement of the control wires clo... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4913653 | Axis indicator for orthodotic bracket An axis indicator contains a long rectangular tube placed within the saddle of a dental bracket. The indicator contains a projection which is parallel to the archwire slot in the dental bracket and can be aligned parallel to the occlusal plane of the pati... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4838787 | Orthodontic bracket and lock pin An orthodontic bracket device for use with the straight wire and light wire corrective techniques either singly or in combination. The bracket features intersecting securement slots for both reduced bulk and advantageous placement of the control wires clo... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4664626 | System for automatically preventing overtipping and/or overuprighting in the begg technique A Begg bracket for controlling the tipping and/or uprighting movements of a tooth on which the bracket is mounted which includes mesial and/or distal archwire stops at the mesial and/or distal sides of the archwire slot to limit the mesial and/or distal t... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4585413 | Orthodontic device An orthodontic device adapted for lightwire or rectangular or square arch wire treatment having a bracket which is bonded to a patient's tooth, a face for hiding the bracket, and a slot defined by the bracket and face for receiving lightwire or rectangula... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4565526 | Orthodontic appliance An orthodontic appliance for correcting teeth in a patient's mouth, has a bracket having a slot or groove and adapted to be secured to a tooth of the patient by means of an adhesive, a correcting wire placed in the slot or groove of the bracket, a magnet ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4561844 | Orthodontic bracket An improved orthodontic bracket for mounting on the inside surface or lingual of a tooth having an upwardly opening longitudinal channel for receiving an arch wire therein. The bracket includes a one-piece body having a locking groove formed in a front wa... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4496318 | Converters for orthodontic treatment Orthodontic converters for converting straight wire archwire tooth receptacles to light wire appliance system treatment and light wire archwire tooth receptacles to straight wire appliance system treatment. The converters have snap clips for selectively a... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4492573 | Orthodontic bracket A new orthodontic bracket comprises a bracket body with a mesial-distal slot for the reception of an arch wire and a resilient retainer member for retaining the arch wire in the slot, the retainer member being movable on the bracket body in the occlusal-g... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4478577 | Orthodontic appliance An orthodontic appliance for counteracting rotational forces acting on a tooth where such forces originate from the action of an arch wire on the surface mounted conventional orthodontic bracket, said arch wire forces being primarily intended for the line... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4427381 | Combination light wire and edgewise appliance A combination light wire and edgewise appliance for selectively treating a patient by the light wire technique or the edgewise technique, which includes a light wire bracket having a mesiodistally extending archwire slot and an occlusogingivally extending... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4350487 | Lock pin Lock pin for a bracket having a body with an occlusogingivally extending opening, attaching flanges on the lingual side of the body for attaching the bracket to a tooth, and an archwire slot at the gingivolingual corner of the body for receiving one or mo... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4310306 | Multi-purpose orthodontic bracket A multi-purpose orthodontic bracket has first and second arch wire receiving openings formed therein, the first arch wire receiving opening being larger than the second arch wire receiving opening. An arch wire contact surface is defined over a minor port... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4242085 | Multi-purpose orthodontic bracket A multi-purpose orthodontic bracket has first and second arch wire receiving openings formed therein, the first arch wire receiving opening being larger than the second arch wire receiving opening. An arch wire contact surface is defined over a minor port... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4180912 | Orthodontic light wire appliance An orthodontic appliance for covering the outer surfaces of a light wire bracket and/or for securing an archwire thereto, which includes a body of tooth colored plastic material having means for detachably securing the appliance to a bracket, and being st... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4026022 | Orthodontic appliance An orthodontic appliance adapted to be secured to a tooth by any suitable means, such as a tooth band or by direct bonding. The appliance consists of a bracket and a lock pin which holds an arch wire to the bracket in any of a plurality of attitudes to ac... | 05/31/1977 |
| 3975824 | Orthodontic brackets A bandless orthodontic bracket for a tooth straightening assembly is attachable to the labial or buccal surface of a tooth with a cement. The portion of the bracket adjacent the tooth is provided with at least one undercut recess in which the cement is ac... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3964165 | Elastomeric orthodontic apparatus An orthodontic apparatus for use with a single straight arch wire in both the edgewise and the light-wire techniques to apply a continuous gentle pressure to teeth. One embodiment of the apparatus has a wire retaining bracket made of an elastomeric vinyl ... | 06/22/1976 |
