Patent ID: 7255557

Claim:
Self-ligating bracket for use in orthodontics comprising a base; a support arranged on the base an occlusal wall with at least one occlusal ligature wing extending from the support; a gingival wall with at least one gingival ligature wing extending from the support; a first slot separating the occlusal wall and the gingival wall one from the other and extending continuously in the mesial-to-distal direction; a second slot which extends continuously through the support in the gingival-to-occlusal direction, and which is limited by a lingual surface and by a labial surface; and a resilient clip having a labial leg and a lingual leg that are connected one to the other by an occlusal section; the lingual leg being received in the second slot and being arranged for displacement in the second slot in the gingival-to-occlusal direction between a closed position in which the labial leg extends into a recess in the gingival wall and an open position of the clip in which the tip of the labial leg rests on the occlusal wall, wherein a tongue, directed toward the occlusal wall, is cut out from the lingual leg of the clip and is bent off in the labial direction so that an acute angle is enclosed between the tongue and the lingual leg of the clip, wherein the labial surface, which delimits the second slot, is removed or interrupted in the area of the gingival wall.