DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING A PRESCRIPTION OF A PLURALITY OF ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS

摘要

Devices, systems, and methods for adjusting a prescription of a plurality of orthodontic brackets are disclosed herein. The devices include an orthodontic prescription-defining device that includes a plurality of contacting structures and a plurality of prescription-defining engagement structures. The systems include the orthodontic prescription-defining device and a plurality of orthodontic brackets. The methods include unlocking each of a plurality of orthodontic brackets, operatively contacting a plurality of contacting structures of an orthodontic prescription-defining device with a plurality of intra-oral reference points, urging each of a plurality of archwire slots to a respective preselected orientation, and locking each of the plurality of orthodontic brackets in the preselected orientation.

主权项

1. An orthodontic prescription-defining device configured to concurrently adjust an orientation of a plurality of archwire slots of a plurality of orthodontic brackets while each of the plurality of orthodontic brackets is operatively affixed to a corresponding tooth within a patient's mouth, the device comprising:
a plurality of contacting structures, wherein each of the plurality of contacting structures is configured to operatively contact a respective predetermined intra-oral reference point of a plurality of intra-oral reference points within the patient's mouth to define a predetermined orientation of the orthodontic prescription-defining device within the patient's mouth; and a plurality of prescription-defining engagement structures; wherein each of the plurality of orthodontic brackets includes a base configured to be operatively affixed to the corresponding tooth and a body that is configured to be selectively repositioned relative to the base and defines an archwire slot of the plurality of archwire slots that is configured to receive an archwire; wherein each of the plurality of orthodontic brackets defines a locked configuration in which an orientation of the archwire slot relative to the base is at least substantially fixed; wherein each of the plurality of orthodontic brackets further defines an unlocked configuration that permits the orientation of the archwire slot relative to the base to be varied via relative motion between the body and the base; and wherein, when each of the plurality of orthodontic brackets is in a respective unlocked configuration, each of the plurality of engagement structures is configured to urge at least one archwire slot of the plurality of archwire slots to a respective preselected orientation between the at least one archwire slot and the plurality of intra-oral reference points.