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Now you can choose an aesthetic, fully passive self-ligating bracket that lets you treat to the standards you want.

Performance You’ll Notice. Start to Finish.At every stage, from patient consultation on through to debonding, Clarity™ SL Self-Ligating Brackets are designed to empower you and your staff. See how Clarity SL brackets combine the benefits of passive self-ligation, true twin design and hallmark Clarity bracket aesthetics to efficiently deliver the results you and your patients expect.

Patient Consultation Advantages

Accurate Bracket Positioning

Reliable Bonding

Enhanced Leveling & Alignment

Efficient Space Closure

Detailed Finishing

Predictable Debonding

Offering Patients an Attractive Option.

Convenience of Self-Ligation • Opportunity to extend treatment intervals • Potential for faster treatment • Fast appointments with less chair time

Treatment starts with patient acceptance. That’s why the Clarity™ SL Self-Ligating Appliance is designed to help you tap important patient interests such as aesthetic treatment and convenience without giving up what you want: an appliance that delivers results.

Hygiene and Comfort • Smooth, molded, radiused edges • Self-Ligating, no ligatures to attract plaque • Clean, open slot, self-ligating bracket design

Consultation Aids • Clarity SL Bracket Typodont • Clarity SL Bracket 15x Study Model • Clarity SL Practice Enhancement Kit

Aesthetic Bracket • Translucent • No ligatures to stain

The Advantage of Accurate Bracket Positioning.Bracket positioning is an important factor for efficient orthodontic treatment. Many doctors agree that precise positioning may be even more important in a self-ligating world that tends to have longer treatment intervals and faster tooth movement. This is why the Clarity™ SL Self-Ligating Appliance has unique features designed to help you place brackets precisely.

Visual References for Bracket Positioning• True twin design • Open slot, self-ligating bracket with metal slot liner • Mesial and distal Nitinol self-ligating clips can serve as long axis indicators • Available with color changing APC™ Plus adhesive

Tactile References for Bracket Positioning• Tooth-specific base design • Compound contour base

Benefits You’ll Notice on Bonding Day.Bond reliability can be just as critical to efficiency as self-ligating mechanics. It can have an impact on chair time, the number of appointments and patient satisfaction. That is why the Clarity™ SL Self-Ligating Bracket is designed to deliver a reliable bonding experience.

Clarity SL Bracket Bonding Base • Tooth-specific base geometry designed for optimal tooth fit • Micro-crystalline, mechanical locking bonding surface • Compound contour base design • Smooth, molded features facilitate direct and indirect bonding techniques

APC™ II and APC™ Plus Adhesive Coated Option• Precoated brackets reduce steps during bonding • Individualized packaging with bracket identification labels • APC PLUS color change adhesive option assists with flash cleanup

Enhanced Leveling and Alignment.Unraveling a malocclusion requires more than just the light forces of self-ligation. It requires an evidence-based treatment plan and an appliance system that allows you to effectively and, at times, creatively, implement your plan. This is where the unique, true twin self-ligating design of the Clarity™ SL Self-Ligating Appliance empowers you.

Fully Passive Self-Ligating Bracket Design• Preprogrammed self-ligating clips to help better manage archwire forces • Clean, familiar open slot, true twin design

Rotation Control• Clip retaining rotation arms enhance rotation control • Bracket width designed for tooth-specific rotation control

Tip Control• Quality controlled slot size for predictable tip expression • Bracket width designed for tooth-specific tip control

Flexibility and Creativity• Selective clip engagement to optimize interbracket distance • Selective tie-wing ligation to augment control • Use auxiliaries to better manage forces• Functional vertical slot area

Making the Working Phase Work for You.An efficient working phase requires a balanced approach to sliding biomechanics, torque expression and anchorage. Clarity™ SL Self-Ligating Brackets offer features that allow you to achieve this delicate balance based on your treatment preferences and the unique needs of each patient.

Sliding Mechanics• Fully passive self-ligating system, even in large wires • Selectively ligate Clarity SL brackets to add friction, as desired• Ball hook design for enhanced functionality

Torque Expression• Quality controlled slot size for predictable torque expression • Torque-in-base design • Unique tie-wing design enhances bracket integrity • Fine-grain, stronger ceramic material that enhances torque strength

Archwire Changes• Unique Nitinol self-ligating clips for one-step archwire engagement • Optimized instrumentation for archwire changes

A Passive Self-Ligating Bracket That Helps You Finish With Confidence.You’ll notice the most important benefits of Clarity™ SL Self-Ligating Brackets in the finishing phase. Unlike other passive self-ligating brackets, the Clarity SL bracket is a true twin design that allows you to detail a case with familiar and time-tested procedures and techniques.

Familiar True Twin Flexibility• The only true twin, aesthetic self-ligating bracket • Four tie-wing design with fully functional undercut areas • Open slot self-ligating design• Functional vertical slot for auxiliaries

Predictable Tooth Movement• Optimized In-Out values for tooth alignment • Quality archwire slot dimensions• Tooth-specific bracket designs• Pre-programmed brackets

Efficient, Consistent, Predictable Debonding.Starting with the first appointment, your patient asks, “When am I getting my braces off?” The Clarity™ SL Self-Ligating Appliance has been designed to ensure that removing brackets is as easy as putting them on.

Reliable Debonding• Similar Clarity bracket-like bonding base that has been used reliably on more than one

million patients worldwide• Debond Clarity SL brackets on or off the archwire• Unique stress concentrator in the base initiates predictable, mesial-distal squeeze debonding

Unitek™ Self-Ligating Bracket Debonding Instrument • Designed for optimal delivery of mesial-distal squeeze debond forces• Versatile design, allowing for debonding on or off the archwire• Instrument can be used with both Clarity SL and SmartClip™ Self-Ligating Brackets

Finer grain, stronger ceramic

Bi-directional ball hook

Micro-crystalline bonding surface

Compound contour base design

Stress-concentrator

Clip retaining rotation arm

Nitinol self-ligating clips

ID dimple with color ink dotsRounded, dome-shape tie-wing design

Stainless steel archwire slot liner

Ceramic injection molded

Key Features of the Clarity SL BracketClarity™ SL Self-Ligating Brackets combine the best technologies of Clarity™ Ceramic Brackets and SmartClip™ Self-Ligating Brackets with brand new innovations.

A Tradition of Finding the Answers.

Every day, millions of people around the world rely on

3M products such as Scotch® Tape, Post-it® Notes and brands

like Nexcare,™ Scotch-Brite,® Scotchgard™ and Filtrete™ for

exceptional quality and breakthrough technology. With

Clarity SL Self-Ligating Braces, you and your patients are

on the leading edge of 3M technology.

Thanks to an inquisitive, innovation-centered culture,

3M never stops searching for ways to create new and better

dental and orthodontic products. The Clarity™ SL Self-Ligating

Appliance System joins a long list of professional dental and

orthodontic solutions that includes restoratives, adhesives,

finishing and polishing products, crowns, impression materials,

sealants and more.

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