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Ortho-Coat
Coats
bracket and tooth.
Keeps teeth clean under brackets.
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you've seen this
after removing brackets
You need Ortho-Coat |
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Carious lesions can form under and around orthodontic brackets.
Brackets trap food and plaque. Patients can't clean around the
brackets. The results can be disastrous. |
Prevents decalcification, staining and discoloration
under orthodontic brackets
Protects soft tissue from sharp edges of brackets, bands and wires. |
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Protects soft tissue from sharp edges of brackets, bands
and wires.
- Fluoride releasing
- Reinforced, moisture tolerant resin
- Bonds to the moist tooth
- Tooth integrating and margin-free
- Prevents microleakage
- Light cure - Cures with all lights
- Bonds to self-cure and light cure orthodontic adhesives
- Color stable
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| 2. Shows orthodontic bracket bonded to a tooth and coated with Ortho-Coat after immersion in saline solution for two months. |
3. Shows the tooth stained with 0.25% methylene blue after two-month immersion in saline solution. |
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| 4. Shows stained tooth after removal of coated bracket. Note lack of dye penetration under bracket. The white area shows the outline of the coating, not the bracket, which has a smaller footprint. |
5. Shows underside of the stained bracket pad. Despite intense staining of the tooth and Ortho-Coat with methylene blue, there is no dye penetration or leakage beneath the bracket. |
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