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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2017
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Ralf M. Paehl, Melle, DE;
Dietmar Blees, Löhne, DE;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An orthodontic bracket having a bracket pad (), and a bracket body () extending from the bracket pad. The bracket has a slot () for receiving an orthodontic archwire. The slot has a proximal slot side face (), a distal side face () and a slot ground face (). The bracket has at least one archwire support structure () that forms a support surface () in a plane of the slot ground face. The support surface is spaced from the slot ground face. The archwire support structure forms a flat and protrudes in a dimention generally parallel to a slot cross axis. The invention help maximizing the tip control in an orthodontic treatment.