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Revolutionize your bonding with 3M™ APC™ Flash-Free Adhesive

Bonding is undergoing a revolution. And while the current system of adding adhesive to a bracket works fine, the APC™ Flash-Free Adhesive Coated Appliance System works even better—and faster. The system’s next generation, resin-soaked nonwoven mats adhere to the enamel for a more reliable bond that also eliminates the process of flash removal. It’s an idea anyone could think of, but only we could make.

Adhesion. Only where you need it.

Traditional paste adhesives require flash cleanup which can leave uneven adhesive clumps around the edges of brackets, allowing a surface area for food particles to accumulate or plaque to form. Our APC Flash-Free Adhesive forms a smooth meniscus when the adhesive coated bracket is seated, which seals the tooth surface around the edges of the bracket.

APC Flash-Free Adhesive (pictured left) vs. Traditional Adhesive (pictured right).

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You have challenges. Luckily, we have solutions.

Your challenge

For you and your staff, bonding and debonding are time and labor-intensive processes
Our solution

APC Flash-Free Adhesive has only 5 bonding steps and with that reduction in variability you can achieve an overall bond failure rate of less then 2 percent.*

“As any orthodontist knows, chair time is king. We were able to see more patients per day and remove those painstakingly long bonding appointments from our schedule.”

Kirk R. Davies, DDS, MS

Your challenge

Because it requires 11 steps, traditional bonding systems inject lots of variability into the bonding process leading to unacceptably high failure rates.
Our solution

Flash-free adhesive coated brackets have a smooth, consistent adhesive base that protects the tooth under the bracket. By eliminating flash, you eliminate everything that can go wrong during clean up.

“Less bond failures means you’re not filling up your schedule with fixing broken brackets. When you commit to using quality products, it trickles down into everything that happens in your office in a positive fashion.”

Dr. Robert Mortimer

Your challenge

Flash can cause problems with bacteria and plaque accumulation and accidental bracket movement. And clearing away excess flash is exhausting.
Our solution

Flash-free adhesive coated brackets have a smooth, consistent adhesive base that protects the tooth under the bracket. By eliminating flash, you eliminate everything that can go wrong during clean up.

“Cleaning up the flash is the exhausting part of the placement. It uses your fine motor skills, constant concentration and visual focus. Cleaning flash wears you down.”

Kirk R. Davies, DDS, MS

Proven 3M technologies. Superior performance.

Powered by 3M science, APC Flash-Free Adhesive leverages several of the highly advanced 3M Technology Platforms such as nanotechnology, adhesives and nonwoven materials. The result is a revolutionary way to bond orthodontic appliances that eliminates the many challenges of bonding with flash.

Watch. Learn. Succeed.

As with any revolutionary technology, there’s a lot to learn about the APC Flash-Free Adhesive Coated Appliance System. Check out these videos and discover how this innovative bonding system can fit into your practice.

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