CUSTOMIZED ORTHODONTIC BRACKET SYSTEM

摘要

A customized orthodontic bracket system is provided. The system can include a bracket having a customized bracket bonding pad for bonding the bracket to a tooth of a patient and a bracket slot adapted to receive a customized archwire. The customized archwire is adapted to be positioned in the bracket slot to form a precise bracket slot-archwire interface. The bracket slot and the archwire when positioned in the bracket slot can be positioned substantially adjacent the tooth surface to reduce induced vertical error in tooth positioning. The bracket slot can be configured to have a bracket slot width substantially matching a cross-section of the archwire to reduce torque rotation around an axis of the archwire when positioned therein to further enhance end-of-treatment tooth positioning and reduce overall treatment time.

主权项

1. A custom orthodontic bracket system comprising:
a bracket body having a bracket slot; a bracket bonding pad including a tooth-facing surface and a surface opposite the tooth-facing surface for bonding the bracket body to a specific 3-dimensional surface of a tooth of a predetermined patient, wherein the tooth-facing surface includes a contour that is a negative of and matches the 3-dimensional surface of the predetermined patient's tooth, and the opposite surface includes a contour that also matches and is a negative of the 3-dimensional surface of the patient's tooth; and an archwire positioned in the bracket slot forming a bracket slot-archwire interface and having a first cross-sectional dimension and a second cross-sectional dimension perpendicular to the first cross-sectional dimension, wherein a surface of the archwire or a major axis of the cross-section of the archwire is oriented substantially parallel to the predetermined patient's tooth surface.