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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2014
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Dirk Wiechmann, Bad Essen, DE;
Ralf Paehl, Melle, DE;
Rüdger Rubbert, Berlin, DE;
Thomas Weise, Bremen, DE;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A customized orthodontic bracket system is provided. The system can include a bracket having a customized bracket bonding pad for bonding the bracket to a tooth of a patient and a bracket slot adapted to receive a customized archwire. The customized archwire is adapted to be positioned in the bracket slot to form a precise bracket slot-archwire interface. The bracket slot and the archwire when positioned in the bracket slot can be positioned substantially adjacent the tooth surface to reduce induced vertical error in tooth positioning. The bracket slot can be configured to have a bracket slot width substantially matching a cross-section of the archwire to reduce torque rotation around an axis of the archwire when positioned therein to further enhance end-of-treatment tooth positioning and reduce overall treatment time.