Clear Collection™ Instruments for Clear Aligners
How and why to use the Clear Collection Cutters
6 mm
4.5 mm
The Tear Drop The Tear Drop creates a notched cutout to hold elastics anywhere within the arch. It serves a second purpose by holding elastics in place as aligners are seated. Permitting easier manipulation of elastics by the patient. 678-800
The Hole Punch The Hole Punch is used to create half- moon cutouts for relief of clear aligners around bonded buttons used for elastics. In addition, the Hole Punch can nip away plastic to provide soft tissue clearance to prevent aligner impingement of tissue. 678-803
The Petite Punch The Petite Punch cuts a 4.5 mm 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 nip away plastic to provide soft tissue clearance to prevent aligner impingement of tissue. 678-805
The Tear Drop is positioned at an angle to the force that will be applied to the clear aligner by the elastics and the depth of the reservoir cut can be adjusted to need.
The Hole Punch can relieve marginal plastic impingement or irritation of soft tissue anywhere along the aligners such as the incisive papilla.
The Petite Punch cuts a 4.5 mm half- moon cutout in an aligner for relief of the plastic around bonded buttons used for elastics.
The Tear Drop elastic hooks can be used in tandem with bonded attachments to direct eruption of teeth into aligners.
The Hole Punch is positioned at the gingival margin with one-half of the 6 mm “circle” of the punch over the plastic of the aligner.
The Petite Punch can be used to nip away plastic at the edge of aligners to provide relief from soft tissue impinge- ment or irritation.
The Tear Drop elastic hook can be used to hook-up elastics of all types from Class II, Class III, Delta, Class I intraarch, for connection to TADS, and to produce extrusive forces for specific teeth.
The half moon cutout can be placed on any tooth where bonded buttons or brackets are added for elastics or other biomechanics.
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