| CPC A61C 7/145 (2013.01) [A61C 7/287 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
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1. A self-ligating bracket for orthodontics, comprising:
a base having a socket disposed on a fastening side;
an occlusal wall that extends from the base;
a gingival wall that extends from the base;
a groove disposed in the base, the groove separating the occlusal wall and the gingival wall from each other, and extending continuously in the mesial to distal direction;
the fastening side facing away from the groove, the fastening side configured for adhesively bonding the socket of the base to a lingual or vestibular surface of a tooth;
a slit disposed in the base, the slit extending in the gingival to occlusal direction, and the slit having a lingually situated surface opposite a labially situated surface; and
a resilient clamp, which has a first clamp leg and a second clamp leg that are connected with each other by an occlusally or gingivally arranged clamp bend;
wherein the first clamp leg is inserted in the slit between the lingually situated surface and the labially situated surface, and can be moved therein in a gingival-occlusal direction between a closed position and an open position of the clamp;
wherein the first clamp leg is set up in such a way as to prevent an unintended loss of the clamp;
wherein the first clamp leg has a recess, into which protrudes a projection that extends from the lingually or labially situated surface of the slit;
wherein the recess is bordered on its end facing away from the clamp bend by a stop, which abuts the projection in the open position of the clamp and limits a further movement of the clamp; and
wherein the lingually or labially situated surface situated opposite the projection has a first and a second flat guiding surface between which a channel is arranged, where the channel forms an escape space inside of the slit, into which the first clamp leg escapes with the stop under a resilient deformation when the stop slides over the projection during insertion of the clamp into the slit.
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