Patent ID: 7527147
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A system for organizing orthodontic appliances comprising: an orthodontic organizer comprising an orthodontic appliance organizer tray and an orthodontic appliance set up tray; the orthodontic appliance organizer tray comprising: the orthodontic set-up tray being supported in the fixed orientation on the set-up tray support of the orthodontic appliance organizer tray and having thereon a plurality of orthodontic appliance staging areas each configured to support one tooth-positioning orthodontic appliance for transfer to a patient, the plurality of staging areas including one area for each of the teeth of a patient to which a tooth-positioning orthodontic appliance is to be attached in the orthodontic treatment of a patient arranged relative to each other on the set-up tray in a geometric relationship that corresponds to the order of teeth in the mouth of a patient to which the respective appliances are to be attached; a plurality of substantially identical, tooth-specific, tooth-positioning orthodontic appliances held in each of the holders in the same predetermined orientation within the respective holder, one appliance of each plurality in the same holder being orthodontically configured for attachment to the same tooth of a patient when used in orthodontic treatment of the patient, with the tooth-specific, tooth-positioning orthodontic appliances held in different holders being orthodontically configured for attachment to different teeth of the patient such that one appliance from each holder forms a single-patient orthodontic appliance set for the orthodontic treatment of a patient; the substantially identical, tooth-specific, tooth-positioning orthodontic appliances of each plurality being orthodontic brackets that each have 1) a bonding side for bonding to a tooth and an archwire support side opposite the bonding side on a labial-facial axis, 2) a gingival side and an occlusal side opposite the gingival side on a gingival-occlusal axis perpendicular to the labial-facial axis, and 3) a mesial side and a distal side opposite the mesial side on a mesial-distal axis perpendicular to the gingival-occlusal axis and the labial-facial axis; the plurality of holders each holding the respective pluralities of the orthodontic brackets in a predetermined orientation on the organizer tray, with each of the brackets in each respective plurality being held with their respective gingival-occlusal, labial-facial and mesial-distal axes parallel, and with their respective bonding, archwire-supporting, gingival, occlusal, mesial and distal sides facing in the same directions; the plurality of holders including a first set of holders for each of a patient's upper teeth arranged in a first predetermined orientation relative to the set-up tray support, and a second set of holders for each of the patient's lower teeth arranged in a second predetermined orientation relative to the set-up tray support that is opposite the first predetermined orientation.