Patent ID: 6905334

Claim:
An attachable offset tooth eyelet for attaching a force to an impacted tooth during orthodontic treatment comprising: a longitudinal wire having first and second ends, a top and bottom and a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal wire of sufficient length that it may be adaptably fitted to the lingual surface of a tooth; an arcuate curvature wire with first and second ends, the first end continuous with the longitudinal wire second end wherein the curvature is sufficient that the arcuate curvature wire is contoured so that it may be adaptably fitted to the incisal edge of the tooth and the curvature wire second end is flat so that it may be adaptably fitted to the labial surface of the tooth; a labial eyelet formed in a loop attached and continuous with the second end of the arcuate curvature wire wherein the loop is planar, the loop's plane forming an acute angle with the second end of the arcuate curvature wire, so that it may be adaptably fitted to the center of the labial surface of the tooth; and a means for attaching the longitudinal wire to the tooth comprising a metal pad with a top and a bottom, the bottom of the mesh pad having a mesh surface wherein the bottom of the longitudinal wire is soldered or electro-welded to the top of the pad and the mesh surface is adapted to be bonded to the lingual surface of the impacted tooth.