摘要 |
<p>A self-ligating orthodontic bracket (10) consists of a bracket body (12) and a ligating slide (14). Ligating slide (14) is able to move between the open position where the archwire (52) is placed in the archwire slot (16) on the bracket body (12) and the closed position where it can be kept in the archwire slot (16). Ligating slide (14) consists of three arms angled to each other. Outer flexible arms activate once the archwire (52) of a certain thickness is placed in the archwire slot (16) and depress the wire.</p> |