Patent ID: 7690917

Claim:
An alignment device for positioning at least a first bracket on at least a first tooth, the first bracket defining a recess, the alignment device comprising: a body configured to couple to a surface, the body defining at least one slot that is configured to enable placement of at least the first bracket at a location on the surface through the slot; an orientation indicator coupled to the body adjacent the slot, the orientation indicator including a first member and a second member protruding from the body adjacent the slot to define at least one channel, the first and second members being configured to indicate a desired torque orientation of the first bracket to be placed at the location on the surface through the slot; and an alignment tool configured to align the first bracket with the orientation indicator when the alignment tool is inserted into the channel of the orientation indicator and the recess of the first bracket when the first bracket is positioned at the location on the surface through the slot.