| 摘要 |
<p>A self - ligating orthodontic bracket with a flexible ligating slide which includes an archwire slot, a first anterior portion at a first side of the archwire slot, and a second anterior portion at a second side of the archwire slot, with the second anterior portion including a primary anterior surface. The bracket includes a first guide and a second guide, with each of the first and second guides extending anteriorly from the primary anterior surface of th second anterior portion. A ligating slide is movably enclosed between the primary anterior surface, the first guide, and the second guide. At least one of the primary anterior surface, first guide, and second guide includes a curvature in an occlusal-gingival direction. The curvature includes a radius and a center, with the center of the curvature located to one side of a plane that bisects the archwire slot longitudinally.</p> |
