Patent ID: 7703482

Claim:
A bending device for use in fabricating a labial bow having a pair of vertical loops with parallel legs joined by a smooth curve separated by an incisor section formed as a smooth arc comprising a turret with a plurality of bands and first and second ends, each of said bands having an encircling groove formed in the band and one or more of said bands having different diameters, said grooves being substantially identical in depth and configuration, each of said ends having first and second pins, said first pin on the first end having a diameter adapted to form a smooth curve in a vertical loop of a labial bow for use on the upper teeth, said second pin on the first end offset from the first pin a distance adapted to form a loop having a height for use on the upper teeth; said first pin on the second end having a diameter adapted to form a smooth curve in a vertical loop of a labial bow for use on the lower teeth, said second pin on the second end offset from the first pin a distance adapted to form a loop having a height for use on the lower teeth; whereby the vertical loops in a labial bow may be formed from a length of orthodontic wire for use on the upper teeth by using the first and second pins on the first end and the first and second pins on the second end for a labial bow for use on the lower teeth with the incisor section between the loops of the labial bow being formed into a smooth arc by using the groove in one or more of the bands.