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7597553 Orthodontic bracket  
An orthodontic bracket enables orthodontic treatment to be performed without resetting of a bracket body and an arch wire relative to the tooth, even in an advanced stage of the treatment. The...
7581950 Orthodontic appliance  
An orthodontic appliance, and more particularly an orthodontic bracket to be used in conjunction with other brackets on centrals, laterals, cuspids and bicuspids for moving teeth in the orthodontic...
7538055 Transparent zirconia sintered body  
A primary sintered body having a density of 95 % or more obtained by sintering a zirconia powder comprising an yttria main component as a stabilizer under ordinary pressure is set in a vessel of a...
7442039 Orthodontic bracket and clip release tool  
An orthodontic bracket has a clip which is curved substantially in U-shape as covering at least one part of an opposite side to a base in an arch wire slot. Catching end portions which are provided...
7422430 Method and apparatus for orthodontic appliance optimization  
A method and apparatus for arch wire receptacle (e.g., brackets, bands, headgear tubes, etc.) optimization includes processing that begins by obtaining a digital model of an orthodontic structure...
7410357 Method and apparatus for indirect bonding of orthodontic appliances  
An indirect bonding apparatus is made by initially placing spacer material over a replica of the patient's tooth structure. A tray is then formed over the spacer material and hardened. Next, the...
7377777 Orthodontic appliance with archwire-engaging clip  
An orthodontic appliance includes a latch that comprises at least one clip for retaining an archwire in an archwire slot of the appliance. The clip includes a first section, a second section...
7367800 Pre-torqued orthodontic appliance with archwire retaining latch  
An orthodontic appliance such as a bracket or buccal tube has a latch for retaining an archwire in an archwire slot. The appliance also includes built-torque in order to reduce the need for the...
7335020 Low profile self-ligating bracket assembly and method of use  
A self-ligating orthodontic bracket assembly with selectively removable self-ligation features is configured to provide a low profile to minimize labial-lingual prominence. A clip is configured to...
7326051 Methods and systems for treating teeth  
A system for repositioning teeth comprises a plurality of individual appliances used with braces. The appliances are configured to be placed successively on the patient's teeth and to incrementally...
7306457 Self-ligating orthodontic passive low-friction bracket and method for mounting an arch wire on said bracket  
Self-ligating orthodontic bracket which comprises a support body ( 6 ) intended to be fixed onto a tooth and provided with a slot ( 9 ) for receiving an arch wire ( 5 ) capable of imparting a...
7264468 Edgewise orthodontic bracket for capturing lost torque  
An edgewise orthodontic bracket for use in an edgewise or straight-wire technique having a standard horizontally opening rectangular archwire slot and a mesiodistally extending tunnel or lumen...
7247019 Orthodontic brackets made from polymeric materials that impart desired strength properties  
Orthodontic brackets are manufactured from at least one type of crystalline polymer that enhances the physical properties of the brackets. In one aspect, orthodontic brackets according to the...
7234935 Orthodontic bracket system comprising multiple brackets having multiple aligned slots  
An orthodontic bracket system includes a plurality of orthodontic brackets, each bracket sized and configured to be placed on a particular tooth of a patient during an orthodontic treatment...
7223099 Method of determining the selection of brackets which are to be used in the orthodontic treatment of teeth malposition  
To determine the required torque angle of a bracket for the orthodontic treatment of teeth malposition the angle between the bracket plane and the axis-orbital plane is determined, for the...
7192274 Ceramic orthodontic appliance with archwire slot liner  
An orthodontic appliance has a ceramic body and an archwire slot liner that is received in a channel of the body. The archwire slot liner has occlusal, gingival and lingual sections, and the...
7188421 Orthodontic appliances having a contoured bonding surface  
A quantity of a photocurable composition, such as an orthodontic adhesive containing a photoinitiator, is placed between the base of an orthodontic appliance and a replica of a patient's tooth...
7175428 Shape memory self-ligating orthodontic brackets  
Self-ligating orthodontic brackets which are at least partially formed of materials exhibiting shape memory each of which includes a base from which extends two spaced and opposing pairs of tie...
7140876 Orthodontic appliance with latch for retaining an archwire  
An orthodontic appliance includes a latch that comprises at least one clip with a region for receiving an archwire. The clip also includes a recess for receiving a post of the appliance, and the...
7140875 Orthodontic bracket with reinforced tiewings  
An orthodontic bracket has at least one tiewing and a groove behind the tiewing for receiving a ligature. The groove extends along a path that is inclined in a direction away from an archwire slot...
7134872 Colored orthodontic brackets  
An orthodontic bracket that includes coloring means for coloring to create a desired aesthetic appearance. The orthodontic bracket includes a bracket base, an arch wire slot formed in the bracket...
7118373 Orthodontic brackets comprising a filled and fiber-reinforced polymeric material  
An orthodontic bracket includes a bracket base and an arch wire slot in the bracket base. The bracket base comprises a polymer resin that is reinforced with glass or ceramic fibers and/or a...
7097449 Dental brackets for retaining a medicament-releasing pellet on a tooth and kits including such brackets  
The present invention is directed to a dental bracket and associated kit used to attach a medicament-releasing pellet on a tooth. The kit is designed to provide slow release of fluoride or other...
7094052 Orthodontic brackets with temporarily visible marking features  
Self-ligating orthodontic brackets include a marking system for identifying which tooth or subset of teeth a specific bracket within a set of non-identical brackets pertains and/or for assisting in...
7074038 Methods and systems for treating teeth  
A system for repositioning teeth comprises a plurality of individual appliances used with braces. The appliances are configured to be placed successively on the patient's teeth and to incrementally...
7063531 Orthodontic bracket system  
A novel orthodontic bracket system comprised of orthodontic appliances, such as brackets or buccal tubes, with a vertical instead of conventional horizontal slot orientation. The occlusal-gingival...
7063530 Self-ligating orthodontic brackets comprising a filled and fiber-reinforced polymeric material  
A self-ligating orthodontic bracket includes a bracket base, an arch wire slot in the bracket base, and a ligation cover. The bracket base and the ligation cover comprise a polymer resin reinforced...
7063529 Self-ligating orthodontic brackets comprising a fiber-reinforced polymeric material  
A self-ligating orthodontic bracket includes a bracket base, an arch wire slot in the bracket base, and a ligation cover. The bracket base and the ligation cover comprise a polymer resin reinforced...
7033170 Orthodontic bracket and clip  
An orthodontic bracket assembly has a bracket having base with a mounting portion for attachment to a patient's tooth, and a plurality of arms forming a bracket slot to receive a rectangular...
7022173 Use of ceramics in dental and orthodontic applications  
The invention relates to uses of glasses and glass-ceramics in dental and orthodontic applications.
7014460 Orthodontic appliance with fatigue-resistant archwire retaining latch  
An orthodontic appliance such as a bracket or buccal tube has a latch for retaining an archwire in an archwire slot. The latch releases the archwire from the archwire slot whenever the archwire...
6997706 Fluoride-releasing pellet kit  
A kit that may be used to place a dental bracket and a medicament-releasing pellet in the mouth of a patient, and methods for using such kits. The pellet is designed to provide slow release of...
6988889 Custom-fitted orthodontic bracket manufactured by computerized and selective removal of portions of a bracket  
Manufacture of custom brackets in which a three-dimensional representation of the teeth is used to remove portions or the base to custom-bit the tooth to a predetermined tooth surface, and/or to...
6984127 Orthodontic brace with self-releasing appliances  
An orthodontic brace includes a set of appliances that are connected to respective teeth of the patient. At least some of the appliances include a latch that is operable to release an archwire from...
6957957 Molar appliance for orthodontic therapy  
An orthodontic appliance for a molar tooth has a latch that is movable between an open position to admit or release an archwire into an archwire slot and a closed position to retain the archwire in...
6913459 Orthodontic bracket  
An orthodontic bracket 10 is a plastic bracket, having a base 11 directly or indirectly secured to the teeth, a bracket main body 12 furnished on the base 11 at its one side, an archwire...
6910884 Low profile orthodontic appliance  
An orthodontic appliance such as a bracket or buccal tube has an overall, low profile shape. The appliance includes a base having a thickness that is less in regions adjacent the archwire slot as...
6902396 Orthodontic bracket and positioning system  
An orthodontic bracket and positioning system for providing a compact and wingless orthodontic bracket. The orthodontic bracket and positioning system includes a base, a bracket member attached to...
6830782 Hydrophilic polymer treatment of an activated polymeric material and use thereof  
A method of modifying a polymeric material which comprises the steps of activation-treatment and a hydrophilic polymer-treatment, or comprises the steps of activation-treatment, a hydrophilic...
6827574 Skeletal transmucosal orthodontic plate and method  
An orthodontic appliance anchored to the bone of the patient's mouth, the appliance having a wire guide for use with orthodontic tension bands to alleviate the use of other teeth as anchors. The...
6799966 Fluoropolymeric orthodontic article  
Disclosed is an orthodontic article that includes a fluoropolymer and that exhibits at least 0.001% transmittance at 546 nm when measured according to the Transmittance Test Procedure.
6746241 Orthodontic bracket  
An orthodontic bracket for providing traction to an impacted tooth, the bracket having a base portion adapted to be fixed to the exposed tooth surface, and a plurality of attachment points adapted...
6733285 Orthodontic appliance with lingual retaining groove  
An appliance used in orthodontic treatment includes a retaining groove that is located directly adjacent a base of the appliance. The retaining groove is useful for keeping a wire segment or other...
6689202 Molds for the manufacture of a dental restoration and methods of making dental restorations  
Blocks of material are prepared in a variety of shapes and sizes to be used in the fabrication of models for dental restorations. The material comprises a partially sintered ceramic material. The...
6682345 Orthodontic bracket  
An improved orthodontic bracket including a horizontally opening archwire slot for a main aligning archwire for allowing crown tipping, limiting root uprighting, and controlling torquing, and a...
6663385 Orthodontic snap-in bracket  
An orthodontic bracket ( 20 ) is taught configured in such a manner that an archwire ( 48 ) may be snapped into place retaining the bracket labially on a patients tooth. The bracket has a base...
6648638 Orthodontic appliances including polycrystalline alumina-based ceramic material, kits, and methods  
An orthodontic appliance that includes a polycrystalline translucent aluminum oxide ceramic material having an average grain size of no greater than 1.0 micron and a Contrast Ratio value of less...
6644968 Orthodontic appliance  
An orthodontic appliance comprising a main body for orthodontic treatment and a bonding base connected to the main body and capable of adhering to the teeth, wherein the main body and the bonding...
6632088 Powered orthodontic bracket  
An orthodontic bracket assembly comprising an orthodontic bracket and a powered actuator mounted to the bracket. The actuator can be used to provide relative movement between a tooth (or set of...
6592367 Orthodontic bracket system  
An orthodontic bracket system for providing a compact and wingless orthodontic bracket. The orthodontic bracket system includes a base, a bracket member attached to the base, a vertical passage...
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