Great Lakes Orthodontics

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.

Products

NEW! Biostar® With Scan Technology:  Positive Pressure Thermal-Forming Machine

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. 

  • Designed with convenient bar code scanner that automatically enters the correct processing information
    for your material 
  • Extra deep model cup for embedding mounted models

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MiniSTAR S®

The Economic Biostar® Alternative! Smaller than the Biostar®, the MiniSTAR S® fabricates the same appliances with the same professional results. The MiniSTAR S® uses 45 psi for positive pressure forming.

  • Reaches working temperature in 1 second
  • Programmable Display
  • Ergonomic Design


SAM® 3

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.


DentaSOAK® 
 


DentaSOAK disinfectant and cleanser kills more than 99% of bacteria – in just 15 minutes. In fact, it’s clinically proven to destroy stubborn candida albicans and other oral microbes. 
Retainers, dentures, and mouthguards are a breeding ground for harmful bacteria. And, if not destroyed, this bacteria can lead to painful, recurring oral infection.

 


BiteFX™ Concepts of Occlusion Software V1.2 
 

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

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 and can be press-packed or poured.


AbsoAnchor Micro Implants

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.


Appliances

Digital Splints

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.

Save chair-time, treat TMD patients with predictability, and add value to your practice!


Smart Moves™ Invisible Hard/Soft Anterior Aligner System

Smart Moves™ is a progressive series of aligners that are less expensive, offer more control, and are customized to your patient’s needs. Smart Moves™ is a less expensive solution for effective anterior tooth movement. Pay for only the setups and appliances needed – there’s not a set price for an entire ‘system’ of aligners that may never be used.

Smart Moves™ technology allows greater movement per setup than other aligner systems. So if, greater movement per setup means fewer setups, then fewer setups mean a less expensive aligner system!


 

 



Inman Aligner

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 of the anterior teeth (2x2). These pre-programmed appliances make adjustments virtually unnecessary. Precision alignment is accomplished with just one appliance.


Inman Spring Aligner



Klearway™ Appliance
 


Offering ultimate control, this appliance adjusts in increments of 0.25mm for gradual jaw positioning. Fabricated of comfortable, thermoactive acrylic, Klearway is suitable for most patients including those who brux, have missing or complicated dentitions, extensive bridgework and/or short clinical crowns.