Orthodontic spring wedge

Claim 2

THE ORTHODONTIC METHOD FOR APPLYING A ROTATIONAL FORCE TO A TOOTH WHICH COMPRISES FASTENING AN ARCH WIRE TO THE TOOTH AND TO AT LEAST ONE OTHER IN THE PATIENT''S MOUTH AND REMOVABLY INTERPOSING BETWEEN THE ARCH WIRE AND THE TOOTH A RESILIENT WEDGE HAVING A PAIR OF ARMS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM ONE SIDE OF THE BRACKET SO THAT THE ARMS ARE IN A COMPRESSED ATTITUDE WHEREBY THE ENERGY STORED THEREIN CAN BE DISSIPATED ONLY BY GRADUAL RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT OF THE TOOTH AND ARCH WIRE IN THE REGION OF THE WEDGE AND THE WEDGE CAN BE REMOVED WITHOUT DISTURBING THE ACRH WIRE

Claim 3

AN ORTHODONTIC SYSTEM FOR EFFECTING ROTATION OF A TOOTH COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A TOOTH BAND AND BRACKET UNIT ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON A TOOTH, AN ARCH WIRE SECURED TO THE BRACKET, SPRING MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN THE BAND AND BRACKET UNIT AND THE ARCH WIRE ON ONE SIDE OF THE BRACKET, SAID SPRING MEANS HAVING AN OUTWARDLY BIASED ARM EXTENDING LATERALLY ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE BRACKET AND ENGAGING THE ARCH WIRE, MEANS ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE BRACKET ENGAGING THE BAND AND BRACKET UNIT TO APPLY STRESS IN THE SPRING MEANS AS A FORCE TENDING TO ROTATE THE TOOTH, AND FASTENING MEANS REMOVABLY CONNECTING THE SPRING MEANS TO THE BRACKET.

Claim 4

AN ORTHODONTIC SYSTEM FOR EFFECTING ROTATION OF A TOOTH COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A TOOTH BAND AND BRACKET UNIT ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON A TOOTH, AN ARCH WIRE SECURED TO THE BRACKET, SPRING MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN THE BAND AND BRACKET UNIT AND THE ARCH WIRE ON ONE SIDE OF THE BRACKET, SAID SPRING MEANS HAVING AN OUTWARDLY BIASED ARM EXTENDING LATERALLY ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE BRACKET AND ENGAGING THE ARCH WIRE, MEANS ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE BRACKET ENGAGING THE BAND AND BRACKET UNIT TO APPLY STRESS IN THE SPRING MEANS AS A FORCE TENDING TO ROTATE THE TOOTH, AND FASTENING MEANS REMOVABLY CONNECTING THE SPRING MEANS TO THE BRACKET.