A self-ligating bracket for orthodontics, comprising: a socket, an occlusal wall that extends from the socket, a gingival wall that extends from the socket, a groove, which separates the occlusal wall and the gingival wall from each other, and extends continuously in the mesial to distal direction, a fastening side facing away from the groove for adhesively bonding the bracket to a lingual or vestibular surface of a tooth, a slit, which extends in the gingival to occlusal direction, and is bordered by a lingually situated surface and by a labially situated surface, and a resilient clamp, which has a first clamp leg and a second clamp leg that are connected with each other by an occlusally or gingivally arranged clamp bend, wherein the first clamp leg is inserted in the slit between the lingually situated surface and the labially situated surface, and can be moved therein in a gingival-occlusal direction between a closed position and an open position of the clamp, and wherein the first clamp leg is set up in such a way as to prevent an unintended loss of the clamp, wherein the first clamp leg has at least one oblong recess (30; 30a; 30b), into which protrudes a projection (31; 31a; 31b) that extends from the lingually or labially situated surface of the slit, the recess (30; 30a; 30b) is bordered on its end facing away from the clamp bend by a stop (33; 33a; 33b), which abuts the projection (31; 31a; 31b) in the open position of the clamp and limits a further movement of the clamp, and the surface situated opposite the projection (31; 31a; 31b) forms an escape space inside of the slit, into which the first clamp leg escapes with the stop (33; 33a; 33b) under a resilient deformation when the stop (33; 33a; 33b) slides over the projection (31; 31a; 31b) during insertion of the clamp into the slit, the surface that borders the slit, and from which the projection (31; 31a; 31b) proceeds, contains a flat guiding surface for the first clamp leg, and the side of the projection (31; 31a; 31b) facing the clamp bend runs inclined to the guiding surface, characterized in that the escape space is formed by a channel in the surface of the slit situated opposite the projection, wherein the channel extends from gingival to occlusal. a socket, an occlusal wall that extends from the socket, a gingival wall that extends from the socket, a groove, which separates the occlusal wall and the gingival wall from each other, and extends continuously in the mesial to distal direction, a fastening side facing away from the groove for adhesively bonding the bracket to a lingual or vestibular surface of a tooth, a slit, which extends in the gingival to occlusal direction, and is bordered by a lingually situated surface and by a labially situated surface, and a resilient clamp, which has a first clamp leg and a second clamp leg that are connected with each other by an occlusally or gingivally arranged clamp bend, wherein the first clamp leg is inserted in the slit between the lingually situated surface and the labially situated surface, and can be moved therein in a gingival-occlusal direction between a closed position and an open position of the clamp, and wherein the first clamp leg is set up in such a way as to prevent an unintended loss of the clamp, wherein the first clamp leg has at least one oblong recess (30; 30a; 30b), into which protrudes a projection (31; 31a; 31b) that extends from the lingually or labially situated surface of the slit, the recess (30; 30a; 30b) is bordered on its end facing away from the clamp bend by a stop (33; 33a; 33b), which abuts the projection (31; 31a; 31b) in the open position of the clamp and limits a further movement of the clamp, and the surface situated opposite the projection (31; 31a; 31b) forms an escape space inside of the slit, into which the first clamp leg escapes with the stop (33; 33a; 33b) under a resilient deformation when the stop (33; 33a; 33b) slides over the projection (31; 31a; 31b) during insertion of the clamp into the slit, the surface that borders the slit, and from which the projection (31; 31a; 31b) proceeds, contains a flat guiding surface for the first clamp leg, and the side of the projection (31; 31a; 31b) facing the clamp bend runs inclined to the guiding surface, characterized in that the escape space is formed by a channel in the surface of the slit situated opposite the projection, wherein the channel extends from gingival to occlusal.