A self-ligating bracket with flexible ligating slide includes an archwire slot, a first anterior portion at a first side of the slot, and a second anterior portion at a second side of the slot, the second anterior portion including a primary anterior surface. The bracket includes a first guide and a second guide, with each of the guides extending anteriorly from the primary anterior surface. The slide is movably enclosed between the primary anterior surface, the first guide, and the second guide. At least one of the primary anterior surface, first guide, and second guide includes a curvature in an occlusal-gingival direction. The curvature includes a radius and a center, with the center located to one side of a plane that bisects the slot longitudinally. The plane is perpendicular to a slot bottom wall and the one side of the plane is the side that includes the second anterior portion.
