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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2006
Joseph D. Hart, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (US);
Joyce C. Ho, Temple City, CA (US);
Glenys A. Thorstenson, Azusa, CA (US);
William E. Wyllie, Ii, Pasadena, CA (US);
Philip P. Soo, Fullerton, CA (US);
John J. Palmer, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Joseph D. Hart, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (US);
Joyce C. Ho, Temple City, CA (US);
Glenys A. Thorstenson, Azusa, CA (US);
William E. Wyllie, II, Pasadena, CA (US);
Philip P. Soo, Fullerton, CA (US);
John J. Palmer, La Crescenta, CA (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A hand instrument for detaching orthodontic brackets from a patient's teeth has first jaw, a second jaw and a blade that extends between the first jaw and the second jaw. The blade is received in a channel of a bracket during a debonding procedure, and serves to releasably clamp mesial and distal sections of the bracket to the hand instrument as the sections are detached from the tooth.