Customized orthodontic appliance method and system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8979528
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13762994

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An orthodontic bracket is disclosed having three archwire retention channels in the mesial-distal directions, a central channel and two side channels. The two side channels each include a pair of spaced apart inverted archwire retaining regions having a recess that opens generally towards the bracket base. Each such recess is for grasping or holding an archwire therein. Other aspects are directed to a self ligating orthodontic bracket system that includes a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of a bracket; embodiments that include an orthodontic appliance and method of producing and using the same, and preferably employed in a lingual orthodontic system, that includes friction reducing features between an interior of an archwire slot portion of the appliance and an archwire placed within the archwire slot.

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ORTHOAMERICA HOLDINGS LLC1064 GREENWOOD SPRINGS BOULEVARD SUITE A GREENFIELD IN 46143

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dupray, Dennis Golden, US 2 70
Gualano, Christophe Colomiers, FR 9 203
Laub, Leon W Fort Collins, US 11 207
Macchi, Aldo Varese, IT 5 162
Smith, Jeffrey Allen Denver, US 13 331
Trinh, Nam Highlands Ranch, US 16 293

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