Patent ID: 7581950

Claim:
An orthodontic bracket comprising: a horizontally opening archwire slot having directly opposed gingival and occlusal parallel faces for receiving a main aligning rectangular archwire for controlling tip, torque and rotation to perform the edgewise or straight-wire technique, and a closed mesiodistally extending archwire slot separate from said horizontally opening archwire slot for receiving optionally and independently from said first slot a main aligning archwire to perform the technique of using the bracket to accommodate crown tipping, root uprighting, and torquing functions to close a space between adjacent teeth and to upright and/or torque a tooth to a predetermined position, said closed slot including means coacting with an archwire to allow crown tipping, limit root uprighting to a predetermined angulation, and control torquing, said closed slot means including diagonally opposed spaces and fulcrums to provide crown tipping and root uprighting functions to close a space, and diagonally opposed stop means to provide final torquing and uprighting functions, whereby said horizontally opening and closed archwire slots are used independently and exclusively of each other.