Patent References 2854747 2926422 3085335 3085336 3178821 3307261 3445933 3793730 Multi-purpose orthodontic bracket Combination single/twin edgewise orthodontic bracket Patent #: 4531911 InventorApplicationNo. 06/713480 filed on 03/19/1985US Classes:433/16, Having adjustable or angular arch wire guide433/14, Lock pin433/18, Means to transmit or apply force to tooth433/8BracketExaminersPrimary: Wilson, John J.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesA61C 7/12 (20060101)A61C 7/00 (20060101) AbstractA 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 tipping and/or uprighting of a tooth to predetermined amounts where mesial or distal tipping force is applied to the crown of the tooth by archwires and/or elastic auxiliaries to principally move the crown, and mesial or distal uprighting forces are applied to a tooth to principally move the root of the tooth.Other References
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