公开(公告)号：US3600808A

公开(公告)日：1971-08-24

申请号：US3600808D

申请日：1970-01-22

Applicant: JAMES JACKSON REEVE

Inventor： REEVE JAMES JACKSON

IPC: A61C7/12 ,  A01C7/00

CPC classification number: A61C7/12

Abstract: This invention relates to an auxiliary root-torquing wire for use with a main dental arch wire for applying torque to the root structure of a group of teeth. More particular, this invention is an anterior root-torquing auxiliary wire detailed to move the roots of the maxillary or mandibular anterior teeth either lingually or labially. The auxiliary root-torquing wire includes an integrally formed wire having a generally circular configuration and including a series of radially projecting substantially U-shaped bent portions. The radially extending Ushaped bent portions are detailed to be substantially coplanar relative to each other and the ends of the integrally formed wire includes hooked end portions detailed for engagement with a main dental arch wire. The present invention also includes the method of applying the auxiliary root-torquing wire to a main dental arch wire by hooking a first end of the auxiliary torquing wire to the main dental arch wire adjacent to one end, inserting a first one of the U-shaped bent portions behind the main dental arch wire between adjacent teeth in an interdental space, progressively inserting each of the other U-shaped bent portions behind the main dental arch wire between still other adjacent teeth interdental spaces, and hooking the second end of the auxiliary torquing wire adjacent to a second end of the main dental arch wire.