Orthodontic bracket comprising a base (10) for attachment to a tooth of the dental arch, extending in the longitudinal widthwise direction (X-X) and vertical heightwise direction (Z-Z), and a body (20) integral with the base (10), wherein the body (20) has a substantially continuous vestibular surface (21); between the base (10) and the body (20) there being formed a first slit (30a) parallel to the base surface (10) and connected to a second slit (30c; 130c) which extends inside the body (20) towards the vestibular surface (21) with a blind end inside the latter, said first slit being open towards the outside along a coronal or gingival flank (10a) of the bracket.