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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1982
John J Sheridan, New Orleans, LA (US);
Other;
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.
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