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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2009
Rolf Hagelganz, Dundee, OR (US);
Juergen Bathen, McMinnville, OR (US);
Klaus Hagelganz, McMinnville, OR (US);
Rolf Hagelganz, Dundee, OR (US);
Juergen Bathen, McMinnville, OR (US);
Klaus Hagelganz, McMinnville, OR (US);
World Class Technology Corporation, McMinnville, OR (US);
Abstract
An orthodontic bracket having a base attachable to a tooth surface, with the base extending outward away from the tooth surface and forming an archwire slot sized to receive an archwire therewithin, and a removable archwire slot cover coined onto the base so as to cover the archwire slot and enable the bracket to function as a buccal tube when the cover is attached. The cover may be removed from the bracket base without removal of the bracket from the tooth surface so as to provide an open archwire slot for continued orthodontic treatment subsequent to removal of the removable archwire slot cover.