3M Unitek Introduces Revolutionary APC Flash-Free Adhesive Coated Appliance System
Bonding steps reduced and bonding time reduced up to 40 percent per bracket
Monrovia, Calif.—3M Unitek today announced its game-changing APC™ Flash-Free Adhesive Coated Appliance System, which will be on display May 4 through May 7 during the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) Annual 113th Session in the 3M Unitek booth #625. The new advanced technology eliminates the flash removal step in bonding, reducing variability and saving time for orthodontists and patients.
APC Flash-Free Adhesive reduces bonding time by up to 40 percent per bracket1 by eliminating the flash removal and clean-up step, allowing orthodontists to move directly from bracket placement to bracket cure. The adhesive demonstrates excellent tack and workability before light-cure and delivers extremely reliable bond strength, with a bond failure rate of less than two percent2. Accidental bracket movement after positioning is reduced since no flash clean-up is needed.
“The new APC Flash-Free Adhesive Coated Appliance System is a groundbreaking technology that improves the patient bonding experience by minimizing time in chair and drives office efficiency and productivity,” said Armineh Khachatoorian, global product manager, 3M Unitek. “It’s a terrific addition to our APC brand family of adhesive products.”
Commitment to Innovation
The design of the APC Flash-Free Adhesive bonding components draw from deep 3M experience across several technology platforms, from vapor processing, nonwoven materials and nanotechnology to the company’s unparalleled world leadership in adhesives. Introduction of the product on the industry leading Clarity™ ADVANCED Ceramic Brackets delivers on a longstanding commitment to innovation in orthodontic bonding from 3M Unitek, particularly with regard to improved control over treatment outcomes and increased patient comfort and satisfaction.
For more information on APC Flash-Free Adhesive, contact your sales representative or visit www.3MUnitek.com/flashfree.
3M Unitek Launches 3M True Definition Scanner for Orthodontic Practice
Highly accurate, flexible digital solution meets doctors’ needs while greatly improving patients’ experience
Monrovia, Calif.—Providing a better patient experience and better oral care through digital technology, 3M Unitek today announced the availability of the 3M™ True Definition Scanner for use in orthodontic practice—a complete digital impression system that uses 3D-in-motion video technology to deliver a true replica of the oral anatomy with precision and accuracy. The digital process brings improved productivity, better oral care and ultimately a better patient experience. The new technology will be on display May 4 through May 7 during the AAO 113th Annual Session in the 3M Unitek booth #625.
More accurate—and more consistently accurate—than leading systems on the market 1, the powerful 3D-in-motion video technology delivers full arch scanning in phenomenal detail. Orthodontists can display digital impressions immediately for analysis and treatment planning, with secure cloud-based storage of unlimited patient scans and access to open STL (three-dimensional) files that can be readily imported into a variety of digital workflows for increased office productivity and efficiency.
Open architecture gives orthodontists the flexibility to work with any lab and their choice of appliances. When used to create customized Incognito™ System Appliances, the system provides seamless transfer of information to the Unitek™ Treatment Management Portal (TMP), enabling full case management and direct interaction with 3M Unitek.
“The 3M True Definition Scanner delivers all the benefits of a digital process without forcing orthodontists to sacrifice freedom and flexibility,” said Brian Anderson, digital orthodontics global brand manager, 3M Unitek. “We’re very excited to make this available to our orthodontic customers.”
The 3M True Definition Scanner platform features:
- Lightweight, ergonomic, intraoral scanning wand that is ideally balanced to feel comfortable in the hand
- HP® Workstation with a high-performance central processing unit (CPU)
- Touch-screen display
- Streamlined rolling cart for easy transport
- 3M™ Connection Center – secure, cloud-based, digital hub that accommodates storage of impression files and connection to laboratory services
- Unitek Treatment Management Portal (TMP) connection for Incognito System Appliances
“These are exciting times in our field and it’s easy to get swept up in the promises of many new technologies out there. First and foremost a digital scanner needs to be accurate. Without that, all the bells and whistles are just smoke and mirrors. The accuracy of the 3M True Definition Scanner is outstanding,” said Dr. Adam Schulhof, who runs a private practice in Oradell, N.J. and recently established the Center for Cosmetic Orthodontics in New York City. “The most amazing part has been the patient feedback. It’s led to a ‘wow’ response from our patients greater than anything else we’ve had in our office.”
Commitment to Innovation
The 3M True Definition Scanner reinforces a longstanding commitment to innovation in orthodontics from 3M Unitek, particularly with regard to improved control over treatment outcomes and increased patient comfort and satisfaction.
In conjunction with availability of the 3M True Definition Scanner, 3M Unitek has also added new features to its Unitek™ TMP to enhance ease of use and functionality. Updates include improved tools for evaluating digital setup models and digital model file export capabilities. Unitek TMP was launched last year to provide a suite of treatment management resources for orthodontists managing Incognito braces and utilizing digital study models.
To date, the Incognito Appliance System has been adopted by thousands of certified doctors across 75 countries, due to its ability to deliver fully customized treatment and a more precise finish than is delivered by aligners and other lingual systems. At the same time, patients typically cite improved self-confidence relatively early in treatment. More than 100,000 patients have benefited from Incognito system treatment.
The new 3M True Definition Scanner together with Unitek TMP, allows for a full digital workflow for the Incognito Appliance System that offers precise, 3D setup review and model overlay capabilities, easy customized ordering and advanced communications and messaging.
For more information about the 3M True Definition Scanner, contact your sales representative or visit www.3MUnitek.com/TrueDefinition.