Patent ID: 6361314
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
An orthodontic bracket, comprising:a base portion configured for attachment to a mounting device directly secured to the tooth of a patient; a central portion adjacent the base portion, which central portion has a pair of sides that taper to a minimum diameter at a midline of the central portion; a pair of single tie wings which extend in gingival and occlusal directions respectively from the central portion, which tie wings define outer end portions wider than the central portion and have undersurfaces positioned for mounting archwire retaining bands therein; and an archwire slot elongated in the mesial direction is formed in the central portion, which slot extends at an acute angle relative to an imaginary line extending in a buccal-lingual direction such that the slot opens closer to the gingival tie wing than the occlusal tie wing, and an inner end portion of the occlusal tie wing overhangs the archwire slot.