20110318699 | SELF-LIGATING BRACKETS FOR ORTHODONTICS - Self-ligating bracket for orthodontics has a base, an occlusal wall extending from the base and occlusal ligature wing, a gingival wall extending from the base and gingival ligature wing, a slot, which separates the occlusal wall and the gingival wall from one another and extends continuously in the direction from mesial to distal, and a slide, which is held in a guide provided in the occlusal wall and/or in the gingival wall, and in the guide can be shifted in the gingival-occlusal direction, between a closed position, in which the slide bridges the slot, and a open position, in which the slot is open in labial direction, that can hold the slide in its closed position as well as in its open position. Elongated recess, longitudinal direction of which runs parallel to the longitudinal direction of the slot and a strand is arranged horizontally. | 12-29-2011 |