Orthodontic archwire, apparatus, package and method

George F Andreasen

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Orthodontic archwire, apparatus, package and method

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Orthodontic archwire, apparatus, package and method

George F Andreasen

United States Patent and Trademark Office

02/13/1990

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Abstract

Mesial-distal slippage of an orthodontic archwire is deterred by manufacturing a parabolic archwire with a bend at its vertex. The bend has a height incapable of entering the wire-receiving slots of the brackets on a patient's teeth.

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Title: Subtitle: Orthodontic archwire, apparatus, package and method
Creators: George F Andreasen (Inventor)
Contributors: University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, IA, US) (Assignee)
Resource Type: Patent
Publisher: United States Patent and Trademark Office; United States
Patent: US Patent 4,900,251; United States Patent and Trademark Office (United States, Alexandria) - USPTO; Published; 07/187,735; 04/29/1988
Number of pages: 5 pages
Language: English
Date published: 02/13/1990
Academic Unit: UI Research Foundation
Record Identifier: 9983762087902771

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