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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher K Kesling, LaPorte, IN (US);
Assignee:
TP Orthodontics, Inc., Westville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433 18 ;
Abstract
An improved torquing appliance for use with any orthodontic treatment technique to apply either palatal or labial root torquing forces to any one or more teeth. The auxiliary is in the form of an arcuate wire of highly resilient material such that it will not deform when activated and will tend to return to its passive state, and which includes at least a portion that can be easily secured to a bracket against relative rotation therewith.
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