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Orthodontic apparatus for attachment to teeth
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1997-10-29
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Granted: 1999-03-09
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Expires: 2017-10-29
Abstract
Abstract An orthodontic bracket apparatus for attachment to a tooth, consisting of a flexible attachment pad having dimensions that are commensurate with a designated area of the tooth to which the apparatus is to be secured. The apparatus has a pair of brackets permanently mounted on adjoining areas at one side of the pad in spaced relation to each other, such brackets being maintained in their attached positions and separated by an elongate, narrow hinge portion of the pad, which portion is free from direct attachment to the brackets. The narrow hinge portion of the ductile pad enables an initial easy, relative arcuate adjusting movement of the brackets to be effected with respect to each other, thereby to obtain a closer fit of the entire pad to the surface contours of the tooth which is to have the apparatus affixed to its surface.
Inventors
- 👤 David B. DeLeo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 22:37
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61C; A61C7/00; A61C7/12; A61C7/14; A61C7/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
The method of applying and fitting to a patient's tooth an orthodontic bracket apparatus having a concave underside and comprising a pair of brackets which are angularly joined to each other by a flexible connection, which includes the steps of coating the concave underside of the apparatus with an adhesive, and thereafter firmly pressing the adhesive coated underside of the apparatus against the tooth surface to cause a yielding of the flexible joint between the brackets and a consequent relative adjusting movement of the brackets, thereby to cause the apparatus to more closely conform to the tooth contour.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
98 words
The method of applying and fitting to a patient's tooth an orthodontic bracket apparatus having a concave underside and comprising a pair of brackets which are angularly joined to each other by a flexible connection, which includes the steps of coating the concave underside of the apparatus with an adhesive, and thereafter firmly pressing the adhesive coated underside of the apparatus against the tooth surface to cause a yielding of the flexible joint between the brackets and a consequent relative adjusting movement of the brackets, thereby to cause the apparatus to more closely conform to the tooth contour.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
93 words
The method of applying and fitting to a patient's tooth an orthodontic bracket apparatus comprising a pair of brackets which are angularly joined to each other by a flexible connection, which includes the steps of coating the underside of the apparatus or the tooth with an adhesive, and thereafter firmly pressing the underside of the apparatus against the tooth surface to cause a yielding of the flexible joint between the brackets and a consequent relative adjusting movement of the brackets, thereby to cause the apparatus to more closely conform to the tooth contour.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
93 words
The method of applying and fitting to a patient's tooth an orthodontic bracket apparatus comprising a pair of brackets which are angularly joined to each other by a flexible connection, which includes the steps of coating the underside of the apparatus or the tooth with an adhesive, and thereafter firmly pressing the underside of the apparatus against the tooth surface to cause a yielding of the flexible joint between the brackets and a consequent relative adjusting movement of the brackets, thereby to cause the apparatus to more closely conform to the tooth contour.
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