Patent ID: 6142775
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
An orthodontic bracket assembly comprising:an orthodontic bracket having a mesial-occlusal tiewing, a distal-occlusal tiewing, a mesial-gingival tiewing and a distal-gingival tiewing, the bracket including an archwire slot extending in a generally mesial-distal direction between the mesial-occlusal tiewing and the mesial-gingival tiewing and between the distal-occlusal tiewing and the distal-gingival tiewing, wherein the mesial-occlusal tiewing and the distal-occlusal tiewing each have an outermost, occlusal end, the bracket also having a channel extending in a generally occlusal-gingival direction between at least part of the mesial-occlusal tiewing and the distal-occlusal tiewing; anda cap releasably connected to the bracket, the cap including a first section in contact with the occlusal end of the mesial-occlusal tiewing and the occlusal end of the distal-occlusal tiewing and a second section extending at least partially along the channel.