A pocket orthodontic bonding pad for attaching orthodontic attachments to teeth wherein the orthodontic attachment is mechanically secured within a bonding pad pocket with a design that allows a slight buffering flexibility under masticatory stress and ease of removal of the orthodontic attachment. Upon removal of locking tabs the orthodontic attachment may be removed with minimal force, and the remaining bonding pad polished from the teeth with ease, which is most advantageous for brackets that tend to break upon removal and create high stress forces upon tooth structure. The ease of removing orthodontic attachments allows maximum bonding strengths.

An orthodontic bracket extension system for orthodontic braces, the orthodontic bracket extension system including a plurality of bracket base extensions each having an aperture in which a corresponding one of a plurality of bracket base can be disposed to increase a bracket bonding surface area for greater securement of each of the plurality of brackets to each of a corresponding plurality of teeth.

A dental bracket can be used to generate a force profile corresponding to a target tooth movement (e.g., for moving and aligning the teeth of an orthodontic patient). The dental bracket includes a base and a cover. The base is configured to be attached to an anterior surface of a tooth, and the cover is removably attached to the base. The cover includes a slot configured to receive a wire. In some implementations, at least one of the size, shape, or orientation of the slot corresponds to a force profile corresponding to a target tooth movement. Example target tooth movements include a mesial root movement, a distal root movement, a mesial crown movement, a distal crown movement, an intrusion movement, an extrusion movement, a mesial crown rotation, a distal crown rotation, a buccal root movement, or a lingual root movement.

An orthodontic appliance, includes comprising a main body portion, and a traction component, a transmission component and a position occupation component which are independently provided. The traction component is detachably connected to the main body portion and/or the transmission component, so as to achieve switching between a working state and a non-working state; the transmission component and the position occupation component are provided on the main body portion, the transmission component is transmittingly connected to the position occupation component, and the main body portion is provided with a groove; when an effective space of the groove needs to be changed, the traction component is transmittingly connected to the transmission component, so as to drive the position occupation component to at least partially enter or exit the or move in the groove along the width direction of the groove, so as to change the effective space of the groove.

Adjustable-prescription orthodontic bracket assemblies. The orthodontic bracket assemblies include a bracket body, an arcuate core, and a retention structure. The bracket body defines an arcuate receptacle that extends toward a base of the bracket body from a top of the bracket body. The arcuate core is received within the arcuate receptacle and defines an archwire slot. The arcuate receptacle is shaped to retain the arcuate core therein and to permit rotation of the arcuate core therein. The retention structure is configured to selectively retain the arcuate core at a selected rotational orientation with the bracket body. The retention structure is configured to selectively transition between a disengaged configuration, in which the retention structure permits rotation of the arcuate core relative to the bracket body, and an engaged configuration, in which the retention structure retains the arcuate core at the selected rotational orientation.

The present disclosure is directed, at least in part, to a self ligating orthodontic bracket system that includes a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of a bracket. Embodiments of the orthodontic bracket system disclosed herein include a bracket body containing the archwire slot as well as tie wings for attaching various orthodontic devices (e.g., elastomeric bands) to the bracket. The rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction (e.g., counter clockwise) relative to a body of the bracket for securing or locking the archwire within the slot, and for rotating in an opposite direction (e.g., a clockwise direction) relative to the bracket body for unsecuring or unlocking the archwire so that it is substantially unrestrained from exiting the slot. Other embodiments include an orthodontic appliance and method of producing and using the same, and preferably employed in a lingual orthodontic system, that includes friction reducing features between an interior of an archwire slot portion of the appliance and an archwire placed within the archwire slot.

An orthodontic bracket is described, and which includes a bracket base, which is releasably affixed to a patient's tooth; a bracket body borne on the bracket base, and which defines an arch wire slot, and which further has a selectively adjustable cross-sectional dimension; and an arch wire is received within the arch wire slot, and where the described embodiment of the bracket body, acting in combination with the arch wire is adjustable so as to provide a multiplicity of selective torque expressions, which act upon a patient's tooth.

The invention provides a tube to be used in orthodontics wherein said tube replaces the use of brackets in an orthodontic treatment. The orthodontic tube of the present invention is surrounded by a resin and this resin also serves as a bond agent to affix the tube to a patient's tooth. The orthodontic tube serves as a conduit for an archwire in order to impose upon each tooth only the force required to reset the position of the tooth to a desired configuration relative to the other teeth in the patient's mouth. The orthodontic tube of the present invention has an enhanced external shape that better adapts to the teeth's geometry and therefore, it offers enlarged area of contact between the flat outer section of the orthodontics tube and the tooth; in addition, this flat outer section lessens the volume of the tube that extends outwardly from the patient's teeth and the configuration of the internal space of the tube enhances the control of the archwire within the tube and diminishes the friction, all these characteristics facilitate the reposition the teeth.

A kit for an orthopedic bracket, which includes at least a base plate and a flap that can be pivoted over the base plate, to which flap a directly or indirectly guided wire bow can be fastened. For a treatment of a new type, a kit has base plates and flaps differing in size and shape from a selection. Base plates and flaps are produced from sheet metal by bending and punching. The two parts can be connected to each other without a shaft by being pivoted in relation to each other.

The present invention relates to an improved orthodontic bracket mountable on a tooth surface for use in orthodontic mechanics to facilitate movement of teeth along an arch defined by the shape of an arch wire. This orthodontic bracket appliance of the invention provides reduced resistance to sliding during orthodontic tooth movement by incorporating rotating members within the arch wire channel or tube to reduce friction.