Generally speaking, the Family and Medical Leave Act provides qualified employees with the right to take time off of work without fear of retaliation if the employee or his/her close family member has a serious health condition, or if the employee seeks to take time off to care for his/her new-born or adopted child.
Advanced Patent Search. A preformed, elastomeric orthodontic ligature includes a molded protrusion or bumper portion integrally connected to an occlusal region of a ring portion of the ligature.
A unitary, molded elastomeric wedge for rotating a tooth about its long axis during orthodontic treatment has a base which functions as a wedge portion, as well as two ligature loops connected to the base. In use, the loops cross over each other and function to ligate the archwire to the bracket while retaining the base in place.