Patent ID: 7780442
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. An orthodontic appliance for shipment to a user including a metal appliance body having a buccal/labial archwire receiving side and a lingual side, said archwire receiving side of said body including at least one tie wing having a labial profile, and said lingual side of said body including a base portion having a lingual profile, a connecting portion between the base portion on the lingual side and the tie wing, the lingual profile of the base portion being substantially equal to the labial profile of the tie wing, and a light-permeable, heat or light-cured polymer resin bonding base molded onto the lingual of said base portion of said body and including an integral peripheral lip overlapping a part of the base portion to enhance the bonding of the bonding base to the base portion of said body and having substantially the same lingual profile as the lingual profile of said base portion wherein the light-permeable base enhances the use of and curing of a light-cure adhesive by allowing the curing light to penetrate beneath the appliance when bonding the appliance to a tooth to substantially increase the bond strength of the appliance on a tooth.