An orthodontic self-ligating bracket for orthodontic treatment of maloccluded teeth. The bracket includes a bracket body, a bracket door, and a spring mechanism retained by the bracket door. The bracket body has a base on the bottom side of the bracket body that is contoured to attach to a surface of a tooth, a bracket slot on the top side of the bracket body extending in a mesiodistal direction and configured to releasably retain an archwire, and a bracket groove on the top side of the bracket body extending in an occlusogingival direction towards the bracket slot. The spring mechanism includes one or more springs that are configured to contact the bracket door and the bracket body. The bracket door can thus be retained by and slidably engage the bracket body between an open position and a closed position. One or more additional active spring members may also be provided.

In an elastic ring installation tool for connecting braces to brackets attached to the teeth of a patient, comprising a housing with a barrel, at the front end of which a magazine holder with a magazine in the form of a strip provided with elastic rings for placement onto brackets provided on the teeth is arranged for mounting the braces to the teeth by the elastic rings, a rod with wire fingers is movably supported in the barrel section for picking up the elastic rings and transferring them to the tooth brackets. In accordance with the invention, the magazine holder is supported so as to be movable away from the wire fingers in a direction normal to the axis of the rod for pulling an elastic ring engaged by the wire fingers in a sideward direction for removing the elastic ring from the magazine.

An orthodontic anchor system may include an anchor system having an anchor system distal end and an anchor system proximal end. The anchor system may include an aligner receptacle, an aligner housing, an anchor mechanism, and an elastic band receptacle. The aligner housing may be configured to house an aligner. The anchor mechanism may be configured to house an elastic band. The aligner housing may be configured to house the aligner without requiring a modification of the aligner.

An orthodontic appliance may include an archwire and multiple orthodontic brackets. The archwire may fit within a human mouth and contain multiple male connectors. Each orthodontic bracket may have a configuration that facilitates attaching the orthodontic bracket to a single tooth. Each orthodontic bracket may allow one of the male connectors to be locked into the orthodontic bracket with a snapping action. The male connector may be unable to slide with respect to the orthodontic bracket after being locked in the orthodontic bracket. A manual unlocking action may allow the male connector to disengage from the orthodontic bracket.

An orthodontic appliance may include an archwire and multiple orthodontic brackets. The archwire may fit within a human mouth and contain multiple male connectors. Each orthodontic bracket may have a configuration that facilitates attaching the orthodontic bracket to a single tooth. Each orthodontic bracket may allow one of the male connectors to be locked into the orthodontic bracket with a snapping action. The male connector may be unable to slide with respect to the orthodontic bracket after being locked in the orthodontic bracket. A manual unlocking action may allow the male connector to disengage from the orthodontic bracket.

A self-ligating bracket includes a base body, a receiving channel formed in the base body, an elastic body including two elastic clamping arms, a connection part, and a receiving space, a movable lid movably arranged on the base body, a positioner arranged on a bottom of the movable lid and movable in the receiving channel, a sliding opening formed in a wall of the receiving channel, a retaining part formed on an end of the positioner, two avoiding spaces respectively formed between the elastic clamping arms and sidewalls of the receiving channel, and two guide slopes formed on two opposite sides of the positioner. The elastic clamping arms are provided to take the place of a spring or rubber ring in order to improve the durability of the self-ligating bracket and is collaboratively operated with a positioner to feature both advantages of operability and fixing power of the self-ligating bracket.

A self-ligating bracket includes a base body, a receiving channel formed in the base body, an elastic body including two elastic clamping arms, a connection part, and a receiving space, a movable lid movably arranged on the base body, a positioner arranged on a bottom of the movable lid and movable in the receiving channel, a sliding opening formed in a wall of the receiving channel, a retaining part formed on an end of the positioner, two avoiding spaces respectively formed between the elastic clamping arms and sidewalls of the receiving channel, and two guide slopes formed on two opposite sides of the positioner. The elastic clamping arms are provided to take the place of a spring or rubber ring in order to improve the durability of the self-ligating bracket and is collaboratively operated with a positioner to feature both advantages of operability and fixing power of the self-ligating bracket.

Embodiments of the present invention provide devices (tags), systems, and methods to determine structural integrity and other states of orthodontic-elements, such as orthodontic-brackets, orthodontic-archwires, orthodontic-expanders, orthodontic-elastic-bands, and orthodontic-power-chains, to name a few, in a non-invasive and contactless way, with respect to monitoring; and using comparatively safe and/or low energy electromagnetic radiation, such as radio waves. Negligible-sized backscatter-tags with sensors are implanted in or attached to such orthodontic-elements. Such arrangements may permit monitoring of forces acting on teeth by various orthodontic-elements. Using backscatter imaging technology, the structural integrity and other states of the orthodontic-elements may be monitored; which may allow non-invasive and contactless detection of problems such as cracking, bending, excessive pressure, improper temperature, and/or the like. Additionally, initially unknown locations of the implanted negligible-sized backscatter-tags with sensors may be readily determined upon a given scanning (reading) session; and thus mapped to provide an effective image of the orthodontic-elements.

The invention relates to an orthodontic device which is particularly economical and as small as possible, and which has hooks and a small tube, produced from a sheet metal plate using stamping and bending techniques and without the use of welding or soldering. The orthodontic device comprises a base plate having a flat region with a gingival and an occlusal edge. An occlusal rolling forms the small tube. The gingival edge has a counter-directional rolling. Concave cuts are formed in the side edges in order to form wing-shaped hooks. Both rollings can hold an applicator/protector, with which the orthodontic device is protected during adhesion, and can then be applied to a tooth in the correct orientation.

An orthodontic device and, in particular, an orthodontic bracket that is slidable along a wire without external forces is provided. The device may include a first and second gear, each of which are independently movable between a locked position in which the gear is prevented from rotation, and a released configuration in which the gear extends into the channel to engage a wire received within the channel and is rotatable to move the device along the wire. The first gear may be rotatable to move the device in a first direction while the second gear may be rotatable to move the device in a second direction opposite the first direction. Thus, the first and second gears have the ability to move along the wire in short or long distances, as desired.