Combination edgewise bracket

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1986-11-21

1989-06-27

Wilson, John J.

Dentistry

Orthodontics

Bracket

433 16, A61C 300

Patent

active

048425125

ABSTRACT:
A combination edgewise bracket for selective use in crown tipping root uprighting or torquing, which includes a pair of labiobuccally opening archwire slots one of which when coacting with an archwire and there being selective forces applied between the archwire and bracket will allow crown tipping and root uprighting movements and the other of which when coacting with a rectangular archwire may provide both torquing and mesio-distal axial control. The other slot may function to cause or stabilize tooth movement in three dimensions.

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"Principles and Technique of Modified Edgewise Arch Mechanism", Alexander Sved, American Journal of Orthodontics and Oral Surgery, vol. 24, No. 7, Jul., 1938, pp. 635-654.
Unitek Catalog 116, copyright 1973, pp. 37 and 41.

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