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7611352 Lifestyle bracket system having interchangeable ligation covers  
An orthodontic bracket system including a plurality of interchangeable ligation covers so as to allow the patient and practitioner to create a desired aesthetic look. The inventive orthodontic...
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...
7479009 Orthodontic bracket base and bracket using the base  
Disclosed is an orthodontic bracket which has excellent adhesion to a tooth surface and can be easily separated from the tooth surface after orthodontic treatment is finished. The base of the...
7473096 Orthodontic adhesive dispensing assembly  
An orthodontic assembly includes an appliance placement device such as an indirect bonding transfer tray or a jig. A number of orthodontic appliances such as brackets are releasably connected to...
7469783 Package for prepasted brackets  
This invention is in a package and method of packaging ready mountable or prepasted bondable dental appliances, and particularly orthodontic brackets, wherein the appliances include a body and a...
7452204 Reduced friction bracket for orthodontics  
The bracket ( 11 ) comprises a body ( 21 ) having a ligaturing surface ( 21 a ) on which ligature by a wire is performed. A slot portion ( 22 ) for threading an arch wire ( 12 ) serving as a first...
7431586 Adjustable orthodontic appliance  
This disclosure relates to an orthodontic appliance having a bracket that can be readily adjusted after the orthodontic appliance is attached to a tooth. In one example embodiment, an adjustable...
7381053 Packaging system for pre-pasted orthodontic bracket  
A packaged, pre-pasted orthodontic bracket includes a container having an open well therein and a top surface surrounding the well. A cover film with a central hole is disposed over the top opening...
7374420 Multi-layer adhesives and methods for bonding orthodontic appliances to tooth structure  
The present invention provides multi-layer adhesives and methods that are useful for bonding orthodontic appliances to a tooth structure. The multi-layer adhesives can be precoated on an...
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...
7331782 Orthodontic suspension bracket and method of use  
An orthodontic appliance for attachment to a tooth with adhesive is provided that resists debonding due to impact. The appliance is provided with a compliant interface between the adhesive and the...
7306458 Adjustable orthodontic bracket  
This invention provides an adjustable orthodontic bracket. The adjustable orthodontic bracket includes an orthodontic arch wire slot/tube and fixing part, an adjustable part, and a tooth surface...
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...
7247018 Edgewise orthodontic bracket with character base  
An improved edgewise orthodontic bracket is disclosed. In one embodiment, a bracket comprises a single pair of opposing T-shaped tie wings which define an archwire slot therebetween. Notches are...
7217124 Orthodontic brackets including one part of an at least two-part adhesive on the base of the bracket  
Articles including an orthodontic bracket having a base for bonding the bracket to a tooth are disclosed. A first part of an at least two-part adhesive is on the base of the bracket and a release...
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...
7179083 Orthodontic apparatus  
An apparatus is provided for applying orthodontic brackets to teeth. The apparatus includes a bracket container having a bracket housing defined therein and a bracket placer positioned relative to...
7175427 Visually simulated tooth braces  
Visually simulated tooth braces include individual visual tooth brace indicia to simulate real functional braces commonly worn by children and adults alike to adjust human teeth. The visually...
7153130 Orthodontic appliance with removable insert  
An insert is removably received in a channel of an orthodontic appliance. The insert substantially prevents sections of the appliance from moving toward each other a distance that would otherwise...
7131836 Bracket with bilayer base configured to produce a control value  
A bilayer base for attaching appliances selected from the group consisting of a component of a dental appliance, an orthodontic appliance, or an orthopedic appliance to a bony part of the human...
7125249 Electrically powered orthodontic bracket and bonding method  
An orthodontic bracket design is disclosed together with the associated method of attachment to a tooth wherein the bracket contains an integral light source such as a solid state emitter. The...
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...
6960079 Orthodontic adhesives and appliances including an adhesive on the base of the appliance  
Orthodontic adhesives and packaged articles including an orthodontic appliance having a base for bonding the appliance to a tooth are disclosed. In the packaged articles, an adhesive is on the base...
6926523 Spring cushioned orthodontic bracket  
An orthodontic bracket containing a flexible element incorporated between its base and bracket to permit installation on each tooth where needed is described. With the base firmly anchored on a...
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...
6893257 Orthodontic appliance with placement enhancement structure  
An orthodontic appliance that is adapted for bonding directly to the enamel surface of a patient's tooth has structure for enhancing placement of the appliance on the tooth surface. The structure...
6846178 Orthodontic bracket base apparatus and method of manufacture  
The present invention comprises a continuous series of alpha-numeric characters (such as letters or numerals) or symbols (such as company logos) that are formed in a manner such that the symbols or...
6843651 Orthodontic bracket  
An orthodontic bracket enabling to securely maintain positive pressure of an archwire effecting to the bottom of an archwire slot even if doing the rotational control more than a determined amount....
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.
6786720 Epoxy resin bonding pad for a ceramic orthodontic appliance  
A light-curable methacrylate based epoxy resin bonding pad molded to a ceramic orthodontic appliance, wherein the epoxy resin is made of bisphenol glycidyl methacrylate, tetra-hydrofurfuryl...
6749426 Bondable orthodontic appliance  
A bondable orthodontic appliance such as a molar tube bondable to a tooth by use of a light-cure adhesive for bond sites at the posterior of the mouth wherein the bonding pad of the appliance...
6746242 Appliance with bilayer base  
A bilayer base for attaching appliances selected from the group consisting of a component of a dental appliance, an orthodontic appliance, or an orthopedic appliance to a bony part of the human...
6743013 Orthodontic appliance providing enhanced adhesive cure  
An orthodontic appliance includes a base with an outer surface, as well as at least one passageway extending through the base. An element is received in each passageway and is made of a material...
6712607 Orthodontic bracket for visual positioning  
Orthodontic appliances such as orthodontic brackets are provided with bases that are shaped to correspond to the profiles of the specific teeth to which they are to be attached. The shapes of the...
6685468 Bondable orthodontic appliance with a polymer resin bonding base  
An orthodontic appliance of the bracket or tube type for bondable mounting on a tooth including an appliance body having a buccal/labial archwire receiving side and a lingual side and a polymer...
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...
6540511 Metal orthodontic attachments treated with a coating of the platinum group metal  
The invention concerns metallic orthodontic attachments, accessories and auxiliaries, new or recycled, surface treated with a platinum metal ion coating. But every metallic piece coming into direct...
6482003 Individual dose dental adhesive delivery system and method  
Individual doses of dental adhesive are dispensed onto a flat conformable card and enclosed under a cover sealed to the card. The cover is peeled off at chairside and individual doses of the...
6382965 Orthodontic debonding tools and methods  
Debonding tools and methods especially useful for removing ceramic brackets adhesively bonded to the teeth of a patient. In general, the tool and methods involve applying a tensile force to one...
6371760 Method and apparatus for welding orthodontic article and an orthodontic article  
Disclosed herein is an orthodontic article, a method of making an orthodontic article and an apparatus for making the orthodontic article. The orthodontic article is made by laser welding the work...
6358044 Visual positioning orthodontic appliance and method  
Orthodontic appliances such as orthodontic brackets are provided with bases that are shaped to correspond to the profiles of the specific teeth to which they are to be attached. The shapes of the...
6276931 Orthodontic bracket  
An orthodontic bracket for straightening a tooth, has a base member adapted for attachment to the tooth to be straightened, and has a pair of spaced-apart upstanding walls each of which is provided...
6276930 Orthodontic aid  
Orthodontic bracket having a retention base for a respective tooth and identifying indicia in relation to the tooth for which the orthodontic aid is suitable. The indicia includes a sign provided...
6227849 Unitary substantially nickel free alloy injection molded orthodontic bracket  
The orthodontic appliance is metal injection molded as a unitary bracket, and is a made of a Stellite cobalt chromium alloy composition formulated to be substantially nickel-free, containing less...
6213767 Individual dose adhesive delivery and orthodontic appliance system  
Individual orthodontic bracket doses of bracket adhesive are dispensed onto a flat resilient card and enclosed under a vapor proof cover sealed to the card. The cover is peeled off at chairside and...
6206690 Orthodontic appliance and methods of installation and removal  
An orthodontic bracket having opposite nonparallel surfaces and further incorporating one or more gripping portions to provide stability in gripping and handling. The gripping portion or portions...
6190165 Plastic orthodontic appliance having mechanical bonding base and method of making same  
This invention is directed to a plastic orthodontic appliance having projections extending outwardly from a bonding base. The projections include broadened outer extremities and undercuts proximate...
6183249 Release substrate for adhesive precoated orthodontic appliances  
A release substrate is releasably placed across a layer of adhesive that has been coated onto the base of an orthodontic appliance such as an orthodontic bracket. The release substrate enhances...
6164964 Orthodontic appliance and bracket  
An orthodontic appliance of the present invention has a combination of a bracket with a hook and a bracket without a hook. The bracket with a hook includes a metal body formed with a groove therein...
6120288 Device and method for mandibular fixation  
A device and method for mandibular fixation are disclosed. The bondable bracket brace includes a cloth-like body having a first surface for attachment to a tooth surface and a plurality of...
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