An orthodontic bracket, comprising: a base having front and rear surfaces, the rear surface being adapted for attachment to the crown of a tooth; a body member attached to the front surface of the base and extending forwardly therefrom to a front face of the body member, the body member including, when the base member is in a vertical orientation, an upper half and a lower half, the upper body member half having an archwire slot surface on the underside thereof and the lower body member half having an archwire slot surface (48, 50, 66, 68) on the upper side thereof; characterised in that at least one slot separating tab formed on one of the upper and lower body member halves and extending vertically toward the other of the upper and lower body member halves at least partially beyond the archwire slot surface (48, 50, 66, 68) of the body member half to which the slot separating tab (86, 88) is attached, the slot separating tab (86, 88) being located intermediate the front surface of the base and the front surface of the body member half to which the slot separating tab (86, 88) is mounted, the slot separating tab (86, 88) thereby defining a rear archwire slot between the slot separating tab (86, 88) and the front surface of the base and the slot separating tab defining a front archwire slot between the slot separating tab (86, 88) and the front surface of the body member half to which the slot separating tab (86, 88) is mounted; a ligating tab (82, 84) formed on one of the upper and lower body member halves and extending vertically toward the other of the upper and lower body member halves at least partially beyond the archwire slot surface (48, 50, 66, 68) of the body member half to which the ligating tab (82, 84) is attached, the ligating tab (82, 84) being located forwardly of the slot separating tab (86, 88) to define a ligating tab (82, 84) for the front archwire slot; the slot separating tab (86, 88) having a peak at its greatest distance from the archwire slot surface (48, 50, 66, 68) of the body member half to which the slot separating tab (86, 88) is attached and the peak is located mesially or distally of the other of the body member halves; the archwire slots (48, 50, 66, 68) being accessible from the front of the bracket and each having a height and a depth which allow at least one archwire to be supported by the body member halves therein. a base having front and rear surfaces, the rear surface being adapted for attachment to the crown of a tooth; a body member attached to the front surface of the base and extending forwardly therefrom to a front face of the body member, the body member including, when the base member is in a vertical orientation, an upper half and a lower half, the upper body member half having an archwire slot surface on the underside thereof and the lower body member half having an archwire slot surface (48, 50, 66, 68) on the upper side thereof; characterised in that at least one slot separating tab formed on one of the upper and lower body member halves and extending vertically toward the other of the upper and lower body member halves at least partially beyond the archwire slot surface (48, 50, 66, 68) of the body member half to which the slot separating tab (86, 88) is attached, the slot separating tab (86, 88) being located intermediate the front surface of the base and the front surface of the body member half to which the slot separating tab (86, 88) is mounted, the slot separating tab (86, 88) thereby defining a rear archwire slot between the slot separating tab (86, 88) and the front surface of the base and the slot separating tab defining a front archwire slot between the slot separating tab (86, 88) and the front surface of the body member half to which the slot separating tab (86, 88) is mounted; a ligating tab (82, 84) formed on one of the upper and lower body member halves and extending vertically toward the other of the upper and lower body member halves at least partially beyond the archwire slot surface (48, 50, 66, 68) of the body member half to which the ligating tab (82, 84) is attached, the ligating tab (82, 84) being located forwardly of the slot separating tab (86, 88) to define a ligating tab (82, 84) for the front archwire slot; the slot separating tab (86, 88) having a peak at its greatest distance from the archwire slot surface (48, 50, 66, 68) of the body member half to which the slot separating tab (86, 88) is attached and the peak is located mesially or distally of the other of the body member halves; the archwire slots (48, 50, 66, 68) being accessible from the front of the bracket and each having a height and a depth which allow at least one archwire to be supported by the body member halves therein.