Todd I. Oda,Farrokh Farzin-Nia,Jefferson Sabilla,Hamid Sheikh,Dwight Damon
申请号：
US12686824
公开号：
US08469704B2
申请日:
2010.01.13
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
An orthodontic bracket for coupling an archwire with a tooth includes a bracket body having an archwire slot for receiving the archwire and a movable member engaged with the bracket body and movable between opened and closed positions. The movable member includes a leading edge having a non-uniform pushing element configured to guide the archwire into the archwire slot as the movable member is closed. An associated method includes providing a movable member for an orthodontic bracket and providing a non-uniform pushing element on a leading edge thereof. The pushing element may include a chamfer formed along the leading edge of the movable member.
