Orthodontic attachment device for interarch appliances

Details Orthodontic attachment device for interarch appliances Orthodontic attachment device for interarch appliances

1999-03-24

2000-09-19

Wilson, John J.

Dentistry

Orthodontics

Arch wire attachment

433 19, A61C 300

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061202894

ABSTRACT:
An attachment device useful during the course of orthodontic treatment couples an interarch appliance to brackets and/or to archwires placed in the oral cavity. The attachment device includes a wire segment that crosses over a labial side of an archwire in order to enable a coupler of the interarch appliance to slide past the archwire as the patient's jaws are opened. The attachment device increases the range of free sliding motion of the interarch appliance and reduces the amount of stress that might be otherwise imposed on the appliance, on the brackets and/or the archwires as the patient's jaws are opened. The attachment device is particularly suitable for use with Class II correction appliances including elongated, resilient force modules that have an inherent bias toward a normally straight orientation.

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