Patent ID: 7416407

Claim:
A generally horseshoe shaped clear flexible resilient plastic wire-imbedded orthodontic appliance for an upper arch or a lower arch of a patient, comprising: a plastic portion with a lingual side, a labial side, a left molar area, a right molar area, a left canine area and a right canine area, including: contours on the lingual side and on the labial side, wherein the contours cover the patient's teeth so that the appliance remains in place over the patient's teeth and so that the plastic portion guides the force of one or more finger springs embedded within the lingual side of the plastic portion; and one or more individual wire finger springs completely embedded within the lingual side of the plastic portion, whereby the finger spring applies force on the lingual side of the patient's bite to rapidly correct the orientation of a tooth in the patient's bite.