AMERICAN ORTHODONTICS
American Orthodontics is the world’s largest privately held manufacturer of orthodontic appliances, with more than 600 employees worldwide serving customers in more than 100 countries. American Orthodontics has been dedicated to continuously innovating products and processes to provide the best overall value to our customers.
Our commitment to excellence is reflected throughout our 280,000 square foot state of the art manufacturing and office facility in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where we manufacture 95% of our product offering. In the local community, we are known as an excellent employer and in turn, benefit from a low employee turnover rate. We have many associates with over 10, 20, and even 30 years of experience. We also have the most experienced sales force in the industry coupled with our ever-growing network of subsidiaries and distributors worldwide that ensures great, long lasting and beneficial relationships with our customers.
Empower® Metal Brackets
Empower’s metal brackets give you the choice of a fully interactive, fully passive, or combination Dual Activation™ system.
Treatment Versatility
Empower is the first in the industry to offer you the versatility of both interactive and passive bracket designs in one unified system with coordinated in/outs.
Empower® Clear Brackets
Beauty and performance come together in Empower Clear. This fully interactive aesthetic bracket gives you the versatility and ease of self ligation, while giving your patients the beautiful smile they deserve both during and after treatment.
Treatment Versatility
Empower is the first in the industry to offer you the versatility of both interactive and passive bracket designs in one unified system with coordinated in/outs.
Empower® Dual Activation System
One System. Multiple Applications. Zero Compromise.
The Dual Activation System is a single, innovative concept with multiple applications – all designed to enhance your treatment philosophy. Here’s what you’ll experience with Dual Activation:
- The best of both worlds – interactive and passive brackets in one unified system
- Excellent anterior control
- Improved posterior freedom play
- Time saving benefits and ease of self ligation
The Choice is Yours
As the most complete self ligating bracket system in the industry, Empower brings you an unprecedented array of possibilities that puts control back in your hands. Dual Activation allows you to truly make the system your own.
System Features and Benefits
- Minimized ligation forces throughout the system
- Interactive brackets on anterior teeth for full control and precise finish
- Passive brackets on posterior teeth for improved freedom play
- Matching in/outs between interactive and passive designs means no 1st order wire bending compensations
Interactive Brackets
- Less ligation friction during initial leveling and aligning
- Increased torque and rotation control during finishing
Passive Brackets
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- Less ligation friction and lower force mechanics throughout treatment
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- No wires are actively engaged by the clip
PowerScope™ Class II Corrector
PowerScope 2 brings you simple, efficient, Class II correction like you’ve never seen before. This latest generation features a stronger wire attachment nut and visual activation indicators. It addresses critical needs of the orthodontist, including patient comfort and acceptance, extensive range of motion, simple installation and much more.* PowerScope 2 goes from package to treatment in just seconds, and unlike other Class II correctors, there’s no need for assembly, measuring, or appliance manipulation. This wire-to-wire device delivers unmatched patient comfort, eliminates the need for headgear tubes or special band assemblies, and can be used with either banded or bonded molar tubes.
Tanzo™ Wire
Our new Copper Nickel Titanium wire is the latest innovation in our extensive arch wire offering, and delivers consistent forces that allow controlled tooth movement for predictable results. Tanzo is available in mid and low force levels. Arch form options include VLP* Arch Forms, Natural Arch Form I, Natural Arch Form III, and Form A.
Bands and Attachments
Maximum Retention Bands
All Maximum Retention bands have an etched interior that virtually eliminates loose bands and permanent laser marked sizing for easy sorting and identification.