The Clear Collection™ Line consists of innovative instruments designed to accent, individualize, and optimize the biomechanics of the “invisible” aligner experience.
Clear Collection ™ Instruments have been designed and approved by world-renowned Orthodontists, including:
Unlike similar instruments in the market, our Clear Collection™ Instruments require no heating-up beforehand. These instruments are ready to cut and manipulate clear aligners when you are.
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An instrument created to add a notch at the gingival margin of clear aligners anywhere elastic hooks are required within the arch. The Tear Drop provides a reservoir to hold the elastics in place as the aligner is seated. This permits easier manipulation of elastics by the patient.
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The Hole Punch is used to create half-moon cutouts for relief of clear aligners around bonded buttons used for elastics. No need to attempt to attach buttons to plastic trays. In addition, the Hole Punch can nip away plastic to provide soft tissue clearance to prevent aligner impingement of tissue.
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The Petite Punch cuts a 4,5mm half-moon cutout in an aligner for relief of the plastic around bonded buttons used for elastics. When only a small cut-out is required to provide clearance for buttons or hooks on the buccal but also on the lingual of any tooth in the aligner, especially for smaller teeth. The Petite Punch can also nip away plastic to provide soft tissue clearance to prevent aligner impingement of tissue.
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The Bootstrap Punch creates a cut-out along the gumline of clear aligners, providing a window for perfect placement of bonded buttons. Bootstrap mechanics with orthodontic elastics stretched over the aligner (from lingual to labial button) assist with directing lagging teeth to seat in the aligner trays. In addition, the Bootstrap Punch may be used to nip away plastic to provide relief from impingement of tissue.
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The Precision Aligner Punch™ Instrument creates a cut-out along the posterior buccal and lingual gumline of molars on clear aligners, providing a symmetrical window for precise placement of G2 Metal & Mini Precision Aligner Buttons®or smaller buttons. In addition, the Precision Aligner Punch can nip away plastic to provide relief from impingement of tissue.
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The Multi Punch creates a cut out on the tough to access occlusal aspect of clear aligners to account for bonded occlusal “turbos” when needing to open the bite for a difficult crossbite correction. In addition, The Multi Punch is an all-in-one punch instrument capable of punching buccal, lingual, and occlusal surfaces.
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Correcting rotations is often a challenge with aligners. The Vertical emphasizes overcorrection of rotations by producing an indentation at the mesial or distal line angles on the facial and/or lingual of a specific tooth. As an option, a rotational couple can also be created using vertical indents on facial and lingual surfaces on opposing sides of a tooth. The Vertical can also be used to produce an indent to produce a mild “nudge” to enhance resolution of in-and-out discrepancies.
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The Horizontal instrument produces an indentation to accent individual root torque. It also serves a second purpose by enhancing retention of either clear aligners or retainers by placing an indent into a tooth’s undercut or below a bonded attachment.
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The Spot creates a tiny, rounded dimple for spot contacts to accent small individual tooth movements or added aligner retention. It is typically used to accent movements on any tooth that just needs a slight “nudge”. The Spot’s small depression placed adjacent to the gingival embrasures can also enhance the retentiveness of an aligner or retainer.
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The Counter Clockwise Wedge is used to produce a wedge-shaped indent in an aligner at the facial and at the opposite line angle lingual for a specific tooth to create a rotational couple. Used to create a counter clockwise rotation.
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The Clockwise Wedge is used to produce a wedge-shaped indent in an aligner at the facial and at the opposite line angle lingual for a specific tooth to create a rotational couple. Used to create a clockwise rotation.
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The Bite Plane creates an outdent along the lingual side of the maxillary anterior of clear aligners, providing a “bite turbo-like” effect with intrusive force on anterior teeth to help correct anterior deep bites and assist with closing posterior open bites.
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The Eraser is designed to reverse or remove unwanted indents placed by other instruments in the Clear Collection™ Series. The Eraser is designed to flatten the plastic where a depression was inadvertently positioned, or the accent is no longer required.
Dr. Nuno Sousa Dias, Orthodontist, Portugal
