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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
May. 18, 2007
David K. Cinader, Jr., Walnut, CA (US);
Joan V. Brennan, Sierra Madre, CA (US);
James D. Christoff, Birchwood, MN (US);
David K. Cinader, Jr., Walnut, CA (US);
Joan V. Brennan, Sierra Madre, CA (US);
James D. Christoff, Birchwood, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A packaged orthodontic assembly includes a container with a chamber and an orthodontic appliance received in the chamber. A quantity of a first orthodontic adhesive material is applied by the manufacturer to the base of the orthodontic appliance. A second orthodontic adhesive material is also received in the chamber in initially spaced relationship to the first orthodontic adhesive material. The practitioner can elect to bring the first orthodontic adhesive material into contact with the second orthodontic adhesive material when desired.