Brushes, floss, and promotional gifts that will spruce up your patient pack
Ortho Technology
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Ortho Technology, Tampa, Fla, offers a complete line of patient accessories and products that will make patient compliance simple and effortless. The All-Sport Ultra-Guard® mouthguard is ideal for athletes with braces. It protects upper and lower teeth as well as the lips and cheeks. It conforms to NCAA guidelines, is latex-free, and comes complete with a $7,500 dental warranty. Comfort Cover™ is an alternative to relief wax. It shields the lips and cheeks from discomfort often associated with orthodontic treatment or activities where the risk of oral laceration could occur, such as playing musical instruments or playing light contact sports. Comfort Cover fits aesthetic and metal braces and snaps into place easily. The company also offers Ortho Performance™ toothbrushes and interproximal brushes, Patient Relief Wax in a variety of scents and colors, and retainer cases.
Ortho Technology
(800) 999-3161
www.orthotechnology.com
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Philips Oral Health Care
Philips Oral Health Care, Stamford, Conn, introduces its Sonicare FlexCare toothbrush, which, according to the company, is clinically proven to disrupt more plaque biofilm than Oral B Triumph. The toothbrush offers personalized care settings and the ProResults brush head that has a rounded trim cut for better brushing. The toothbrush also features a built-in UV sanitizer.
Philips Oral Health Care
(800) 676-SONIC
www.sonicare.com/dp
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Infa-Lab
Infa-Lab, Rockaway, NJ, introduces a new clinical application for its Brace Relief™ Gel. According to the company, Brace Relief Gel has been known to quickly heal mouth sores caused by orthodontic treatment. Now, upon recommendation from Larry White, DDS, MSD, FACD, it can be used as a lubricating pain reliever (by numbing the periodontal membrane), during placement of elastomeric and nickel titanium separators, as well as ESSIX™ or Invisalign® appliances.
Infa-Lab Inc
(800) 247-7527
www.infalab.com
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Masel
Masel, Bristol, Pa, offers Doublegard®, a ready-to-wear mouthguard designed for active children and adults who wear braces. The mouthguard is contoured to follow the natural anatomy of each arch and features a spring-loaded hinge that keeps it in place and allows natural jaw movement for maximum comfort. According to the company, the stable fit allows easy breathing and prevents dislodging, even upon impact. Doubleguard is available in two new color assortments (sunburst and metallic), in junior and adult sizes, and with and without a strap. Doubleguard is fabricated from latex-free material and conforms to the NCAA guidelines for colored mouthguards.
Masel
(800) 423-8227
www.maselortho.com
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Water Pik
Water Pik, Fort Collins, Colo, introduces the Orthodontic Tip, the newest addition to the Water Pik dental water jet line. The orthodontic tip features a tapered brush at the end, which allows simultaneous irrigating and brushing around the teeth, brackets, and archwires. The tip is included with the Waterpik Ultra dental water jet or the Ultra Cordless dental water jet. According to the company, a study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics compared the Water Pik dental water jet with orthodontic tip to flossing. The group that used the Waterpik dental water jet plus the orthodontic tip reported that it removed three times the amount of plaque and reduced 26% more bleeding than the flossing group.
Water Pik Inc
(800) 525-2020
www.waterpik.com
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Honeysuckle Creations
Honeysuckle Creations, Urbana, Ohio, is “going green” with a new line of recycled products, including the Reusable Tote Bag. The bag is 12 x 12 inches with an 8-inch gusset. It is tear-resistant and water-repellent. It is available in black, pink, lime green, navy, royal, purple, red, teal, gold, and forest green, and includes your one-color personal imprint at no extra charge. Other products include auto mugs, pens and pencils, ortho notes, and bike bottles.
Honeysuckle Creations
(800) 487-9325
www.honeysucklecreations.com
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Ultreo
Ultreo Inc, Redmond, Wash, offers the Ultreo power toothbrush, which combines patented ultrasound waveguide technology with sonic bristle motion that creates bubbles and cleans upon contact. According to the company, the brush has been clinically proven to remove up to 95% of plaque from hard-to-reach areas in the first minute of brushing, remove surface stains for naturally whiter teeth in just 14 days, and reduce gingivitis in 30 days.
Ultreo
(877) 4-ULTREO
www.ultreo.com
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The Ortho Club
The Ortho Club, Urbana, Ohio, offers the StaiNo line of interproximal brushes, designed to whiten and remove stains. StaiNo blends ultrafine white aluminum oxide abrasive particles into microthin filaments. According to the company, StaiNo filaments use the abrasive particles to remove plaque and stains while simultaneously whitening tooth surfaces. StaiNo brushes come in disposable travel packs of 10, as a single brush, or as reusable dual-end travel brushes.
The Ortho Club/Imperial Ortho
(800) 679-6793
www.orthoclub.com
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ArchWired.com
ArchWired.com, Belmont, Calif, is a free Web site that provides helpful information and support for orthodontic patients worldwide. The Web site contains hundreds of pages of tips on topics such as spacers, power chains, extractions, orthodontic appliances, braces and dating, and soft foods, as well as dental humor, dental news, an explanation of how braces work, and an adult braces primer. The site also contains information on retainers and postorthodontic issues. ArchWired.com is a global interactive Web community where patients from around the world contribute their own orthodontic stories and tips, and support one another on the site’s Metal Mouth Message Board, which has almost 7,000 members.
ArchWired.com
(877) 329-4733
www.archwired.com
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Smile!
Smile!, Novato, Calif, offers Tooth Tokens®, which are part of a reward system designed to increase patient compliance. The company now offers three metal tokens at various price points (priced as low as $0.15 each, depending on token type and volume ordered). Each starter package includes instructions on how to implement the patient reward system, prize suggestions, templates including introduction letters to patients and referring offices, birthday postcards, patient contracts, personalized tokens, and personalized globe banks. Patients keep their Tooth Tokens in their Token Globe Bank. The tokens may be cashed in at any time. Prizes range from stickers and stuffed animals to GameBoys and iPods. Tooth Tokens are not just for kids—adults can earn gift cards to Macy’s or Home Depot, or donate to a charity.
Smile!
(888) 227-3735
www.smile2succeed.com
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DentaKit.com
DentaKit.com, Belmont, Calif, introduces its DentaKit Braces Survival Kit.. The kit comes in a 4- x 6-inch zippered denier nylon case, which weighs 6 ounces. It contains an orthodontic travel toothbrush, toothpaste, a folding mirror, SturdyFloss, Glide Threader Floss, Pick-a-Dent, dental wax, a spiral proxi-brush, and a dishwasher-safe pop-up Swedish folding cup. The kit opens flat like a book and neatly stores its contents. It is available in black or red. The kit and other products are available for direct patient purchase on the Web site, so these items do not need to be regularly stocked by orthodontists.
DentaKit.com LLC
(877) 329-4733
www.dentakit.com
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BankLine-Direct
BankLine-Direct, Pleasant Hill, Ore, offers an electronic banking service that allows you to collect monthly payments via automatic deductions (electronic funds transfers) from your patient’s bank account, followed by an electronic deposit directly into your bank account. A transfer posting report is provided to show all transactions and the status of each account. For its 14th-year celebration, BankLine-Direct is offering a 50% savings on any application submitted by October 31, 2008.
BankLine-Direct
(800) 636-6600
www.banklinedirect.com
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Henry Schein Dental
Henry Schein Dental, Melville, NY, offers the Acclean Angle toothbrush, which is embossed with a pink ribbon logo on its ergonomic handle. The toothbrush is part of the company’s “Pink Products” dental line that supports the American Cancer Society’s breast cancer research and awareness programs. The ADA-approved tapered brush head has a 0.007 soft DuPont™ Tynex® textured filament with rounded, diamond-polished bristle ends and a blue power-cleaning point. Each brush is individually cellophane-wrapped. Brushes come 72 per box, with six or more boxes available at a discounted price.
Henry Schein Dental
(800) 372-4346
www.henryscheindental.com
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Wired Promotions
Wired Promotions, Aledo, Tex, offers custom-imprinted T-shirts, caps, hats, shorts, sweat pants, electronics, mugs, school-related and fun-related items, and products adorned with rhinestones to help orthodontists promote their practices. The incentives can be given to patients as rewards, on debanding day, or for other occasions.
Wired Promotions
(888) 516-WIRED
www.wiredpromo.com
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Ultimate Ortho
Ultimate Ortho, Grand Junction, Colo, introduces its Ultimate Orthodontic Care Kits, which include hygiene products and instructions on the contents’ proper usage. The kits come packaged in small nylon bags, fanny packs, or plastic boxes. Each kit comes labeled with your practice information and logo at no additional charge. The kits can be customized to meet your patients’ needs.
Ultimate Ortho LLC
(888) 678-4619
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Behavioral Motivators
Behavioral Motivators, Ruidoso Downs, NM, offers sterling silver earrings with stones for your female patients. They are available in a variety of colored stones, such as turquoise, jade, lapis, and quartz, as either drops or loops, with wires or posts. A gift box with a gift card is available for an additional charge.
Behavioral Motivators
(800) 359-1629
www.behavioralmotivators.com
