Dental brace bracket bonding and debracketing tool and method of

Details Dental brace bracket bonding and debracketing tool and method of Dental brace bracket bonding and debracketing tool and method of

1982-09-30

1984-06-19

Peshock, Robert

Dentistry

Orthodontics

Tool

A61C 700

Patent

active

044551380

ABSTRACT:
A dental brace bracket bonding and debracketing tool which includes a heating device such as a soldering iron, having a heating element tip on one end and an elongated retainer extending from the heating device adjacent the heating element tip and biased outwardly from the tip, the heating element tip and the retainer designed to engage a central slot and flange arms, respectively, of a dental brace bracket in order to bond and debracket the bracket to and from a tooth, respectively. A method of debracketing dental brace brackets from teeth which includes engaging a bracket at at least two points with the heating element tip of a soldering iron or other heating device and a cooperating retainer extending outwardly from the heating device adjacent the heating element tip; applying heat to the bracket in order to alter the bonding material which secures the bracket to the teeth; and removing the bracket from the teeth. A method of bonding dental brace brackets to teeth which includes engaging a bracket at at least at two points with the heating element tip and the retainer; applying a suitable adhesive to the contact surface of the bracket; positioning the bracket in a desired location on a tooth; applying heat to the bracket through the heating element tip, if heat is necessary to aid in hardening the adhesive; and disengaging the heating element tip and the retainer from the bracket.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3821513 (1974-06-01), Christonsew
patent: 4155164 (1974-05-01), White

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