From custom prescriptions and generative braces to aesthetic ceramics and low-friction self-ligating designs, manufacturers continue to refine bracket systems to improve efficiency, control, and treatment outcomes.
KLOwen Orthodontics
The Custom Metal SL bracket earned AAO Ortho Innovator Award Honorable Mention in both 2024 and 2025, delivering low-friction, fatigue-free ligation, and maximum control. If you prefer a twin option, choose Custom Metal Twin, Clear Twin, or a hybrid upper/lower mix of both. Every bracket features a 100% custom prescription, precision .019 x .025 slots for true straight-wire treatment, enabling faster initial alignment, shorter appointments, and optimized tooth movement in all three orders.
Allure Ortho
The ESSENCE G2 is the second generation of our crystal clear aesthetic brackets, now with deeper tie wings for easy ligation and a state-of-the-art base for perfected bonding and retention. These are still the strongest and lowest friction clear brackets available with absolutely NO SHATTERING, and debond as easily as a metal bracket.
Ormco
The Damon Ultima System is the first true full-expression orthodontic system designed for faster and more precise finishing. It is completely engineered to virtually eliminate play for precise control of rotation, angulation, and torque. Features include an integrated system that virtually eliminates play, four contact points for earlier, more precise control, and rotations completed with the first Damon Ultima round-sided wire and full expression with the second wire.
Henry Schein Orthodontics
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The Aria & Aria Expression Low-Profile Bracket System is now available in a Champagne Gold finish, providing an aesthetic alternative to standard stainless steel. The rhomboid shape of Aria brackets and pads deliver maximum placement control, while smooth, rounded contours enhance patient comfort. Aria’s rounded mesial and distal entrance minimizes archwire notching thereby reducing “friction.”
LightForce
LightBracket Metal generates each bracket individually from the patient’s digital treatment plan—slot orientation, base adaptation, and positioning are unique to each tooth. It replaces the stock bracket entirely. Each bracket is reverse-engineered from the intended tooth position, producing a lower profile and reducing treatment time, chair time, and the number of patient visits. Available in metal and ceramic as part of LightForce’s new generative braces system.
TP Orthodontics Inc
Patients love the look of TPO InVu Ceramic Brackets that feature Personalized Color-Matching Technology. Doctors appreciate the way they perform—debonding is safe and comfortable due to the enamel protection interface between the bracket and enamel. Available with Readi-Base pre-applied adhesive for convenient placement right out of the package.
Solventum
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Simplify bonding with APC Flash-Free Adhesive, designed to eliminate flash cleanup and reduce chair time. When paired with Clarity Digital Bonding, you get a streamlined, efficient workflow that enhances accuracy and patient comfort. Enjoy the confidence of consistent bond strength and reduced variability, all while optimizing your practice’s efficiency.
WildSmiles Braces
WildSmiles Designer Brackets are orthodontic brackets manufactured in patented shapes, including stars, hearts, footballs, flowers, and Disney-licensed designs. The system is commonly used as a stand-alone option for Phase I treatment and integrates with standard comprehensive treatment mechanics. Available in multiple prescriptions and slot sizes for upper anterior teeth (3-3), WildSmiles brackets are compatible with conventional mini twin systems and can also be incorporated alongside self-ligating posterior appliances in hybrid treatment approaches.
Ortho Shop America
Discover the best of both worlds with the Lucchesi Sub-Slot Bracket. The bracket provides low friction and rapid tooth movement, like a self-ligating bracket, by using the sub-slot at the beginning of treatment, then transitioning to full wire engagement for optimum torque expression during the later stages of treatment using the top slot like a conventional twin bracket. Developed by an orthodontist, Dr Mauro Lucchesi, this bracket won an Honorable Mention in the AAO 2025 Ortho Innovator Awards.
Smile Stream Solutions
By utilizing the latest in material and manufacturing technology, Smile Stream Solutions has created the most efficient passive self-ligation bracket system possible in the form of FX3 PSL. The FX3 PSL bracket system is also extremely versatile in its compatibility with leading passive self-ligating systems, while offering features like dual drop pin hooks and a horizontal auxiliary slot.
Modern Arch
Modern Arch offers the Diamond T passive self-ligating bracket system, designed to support low-friction mechanics and improve chairside efficiency. Available in a .022 slot configuration with 20 brackets per kit for $95.00, Diamond T features hooks on teeth 3, 4, and 5 and is offered in MBT, Roth, and High-Torque prescriptions.
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