Patent attributes
To create an orthodontic device with a base having a base surface for fixing the device to a tooth, and a slot for receiving an archwire, which is defined by a bottom surface and two side surfaces arranged on either side of the bottom surface and aligned in substantially parallel spaced relation to each other, and which extends in a substantially straight line through the base in the longitudinal direction of the base on a side thereof facing away from the base surface, and with a cover element for at least partially covering the open side of the slot facing the bottom surface, which is convertible and is easier to handle during the conversion, and which offers the wearer an increased degree of security, it is proposed that the side surfaces of the slot have a positively locking guide, which is aligned substantially parallel in relation to the longitudinal direction of the slot, and in which the cover element is slidably and detachably held on the base.
