Innovations and exclusives: Products and Appliances
Great Lakes takes considerable pride in helping customers achieve their professional goals. Whether it's our unique and exclusive products; precision appliances and innovative laboratory services, or cutting-edge training programs - Great Lakes is always looking for efficient and economical solutions to meet customers’ needs in our role as a reliable and effective business partner.
This section features just a few of those unique products and appliances.
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| Biostar® With Scan Technology: Positive Pressure Thermal-Forming Machine | |||||||
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Reaches working temperature in 1 second! Achieve flawless adaptation using the Biostar® With Scan Technology by combining positive pressure (90psi), and the process of forming the heated side of the material over the model. Fabricate hard and soft dental appliances in half the time of conventional methods.
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| MiniSTAR S® With Scan Technology | |||||||
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The Economic Biostar® Alternative! Though smaller than the Biostar, the MiniSTAR S® With Scan Technology fabricates the same appliances with the same professional results. The MiniSTAR S uses 60 psi for positive pressure forming.
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| SAM® 3 | |||||||
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All SAM® articulators are split-cast accurate one to another. A case mounted on one SAM can easily be transferred to another SAM with complete accuracy. This adjustable articulator is manufactured with the highest level of precision technology available for dental articulator instrumentation. |
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| Maestro 3D Desktop Scanning System | |||||||
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A digital model generating system that creates fully rendered 3D models from intraoral scans, bites, impressions, or existing models. 3D models are delivered with unprecedented accuracy, clarity, and resolution. Designed with intuitive viewing software and analytical tools that allows you to manage and edit your digital STL files, perform complex measurements, create virtual bases and occlusal maps, and analyze patient cases swiftly and efficiently. Preserves office space by archiving patient models digitally. |
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| DentaSOAK® | |||||||
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| OSA Demonstrator |
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An effective teaching tool to show patients the differences between normal breathing and obstructive sleep apnea/snoring. A Great Lakes exclusive, the OSA Demonstrator's easily moveable parts illustrate tissue obstruction, airflow limitation, and how a patient's sleep apnea/snoring condition will improve with a mandibular respositioning appliance. Made of durable lightweight plastic. Dimensions: 10.5"h x 5.5"w |
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| BiteFX™ V2.0 Occlusion Animations |
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BiteFX™ will educate your patients about occlusal disease and give you greater case acceptance. BiteFX provides anatomically correct animations which can help educate patients and staff. BiteFX animations help explain ideal and destructive occlusion, anterior guidance, canine guidance, muscle function, stages of TMJ deterioration, effects of bruxing and a destructive occlusion, how equilibration works, the use of splints, and much more. |
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| Variflex™ Heat Softening Acrylic | |||||||
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Resilient and self-adjusting for optimal comfort, Variflex™ softens under warm tap water to provide excellent "snap-fit" retention. Offers superior clarity. Quick and easy to process, Variflex comes in liquid/powder form |
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| AbsoAnchor Micro Implants | |||||||
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Designed to control and manage anchorage based on directional force mechanics. AbsoAnchor Micro Implants are uniquely designed with a smaller diameter of 1.2mm to 2.0mm allowing for easy insertion into many previously unattainable areas of the maxilla and mandible. |
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| Digital Splints | |||||||
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Up to 40% of dental patients today have occlusal pathology. 80% of these patients have muscle imbalances and can benefit from an occlusal splint (Gordon J. Christensen, Occlusal Splints-Predictable, Frequent Use Practical Clinical Course DVD). You can treat this population efficiently and effectively with digital splints from Great Lakes.
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| Smart Moves® Invisible Hard/Soft Anterior Aligner System | |||||||
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Smart Moves® is a progressive series of aligners that are less expensive, Smart Moves technology allows greater movement per setup than other aligner systems. So if, greater movement per setup means fewer setups,
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| Narval™ CC | |||||||
NEW! Narval™ CC - The First MRD of Its Kind Brought to you by Great Lakes Orthodontics in partnership with ResMed Narval™ CC is the first and only CAD/CAM custom-made mandibular repositioning device (MRD) on the market. Narval CC is the ultimate MRD solution for patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), as well as those who are unable to comply with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment. It is also a first line treatment for snoring in the absence of OSA. Unique CAD/CAM technology ensures a precise fit and comfortable retention. • Computer-aided design (CAD) enables a high degree of customization to suit the complex dental anatomy of individual patients • Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) through selective laser sintering guarantees a consistently accurate MRD • Made of highly resilient and durable biocompatible polymer material; Narval CC is metal-free, flexible, and lightweight. • Easy to titrate; highly adjustable (15mm protrusive range-1mm increments) • Easy to reorder with CAD/CAM reproduction
Note: Narval CC can only be sold by Great Lakes to doctors in the United States. |
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| Inman Aligner™ | |||||||
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The Inman Aligner™ appliances are ideal for quick correction of anterior rotations, crowding, and adult relapse without the need for multiple appliances. The Inman Aligner appliances use NiTi coil springs to apply steady, gentle forces to teeth – without the need for costly multiple appliances to complete correction. The Inman appliances achieve controlled, continuous movement |
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| Klearway™ Appliance | |||||||
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| MPowRx™ Snoring and Sleep Apnea Appliance | |||||||
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This unique non-custom device treats chronic snoring and sleep apnea by repositioning the tongue forward instead of relying on the mandible. Clinically proven, MPowRx™ is convenient, effective, and comfortable. Ideal for multiple patient types, this appliance is easy to insert, maintains its shape, and one size fits most. No impression needed. |
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