Patent ID: 8932053
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. An assembly intended to be part of an orthodontic apparatus and comprising: a self-ligating bracket, said bracket having in its longitudinal direction an outer face and an occlusal thee and being provided on its outer face with a groove for holding an orthodontic arch wire; an elastic clip that can be moved in a reversible manner between an open position, leaving a free passage for the insertion of the arch wire into the groove or the extraction of the arch wire from the groove, and a closed position closing off the groove; and and a base having an outer face and an occlusal face, said outer face of the base supporting said bracket and said occlusal face of the base being intended to rest on a patient's tooth by conforming to the surface of said tooth, the base comprises an at least partially dish-shaped depression and the bracket is secured to the base in the depression; wherein the clip can be moved in an at least partially rotary movement between the open position and the closed position, the clip being at least partially located in said depression when the clip is in the closed position.