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Unitek™ Gemini Clear Ceramic Brackets
MBT™ Versatile+ Appliance System
Aesthetics and Efficiency
Unitek™ Gemini Brackets are known worldwide for their quality
and consistent performance. Now you can offer your patients these
great features plus the attractive aesthetics of ceramics by
choosing Unitek™ Gemini Clear Ceramic Brackets.
Unitek Gemini Clear Brackets have the look that patients
around the world request.1 Made of a strong translucent
ceramic material, these brackets blend with the patient’s
tooth color, so appearance-minded patients of all ages can
smile with confidence during treatment. They’re designed to
be comfortable to wear, with rounded corners, angled
bi-directional hooks and a smooth dome-shaped profile.
Features and Benefits
•True-Twin Design – Improved Rotational Control 2
Use your favorite light cure or chemical cure adhesive, or
•Ample Under Tie-Wing Area – Easy Ligation
choose our exclusive APC™ II Adhesive Coated Appliance System
•Torque-in-Base – Level Slot Line-Up
•Base Flange – Easier Bracket Placement 3
to save you time and bonding
steps.5 APC II adhesive eliminates
messy bonding adhesive
•Micro-crystalline Base – Reliable Bond Strength 4
preparation, and brackets are
•APC™ II Adhesive – Fewer Bonding Steps Saves Time 5
easily identified and handled
Adhesive Coated Appliance System
chairside. A sealed factory
container provides the additional
benefit of assuring you and your patients that the brackets are
clean, new and used just for them.
Unitek Gemini Clear Ceramic Brackets: A reliable combination of
Easy Debonding
with the 3M Unitek exclusive Stress Concentrator
The Unitek™ Gemini Clear Ceramic Bracket base includes a
proprietary 3M Unitek designed stress concentrator, to take the
uncertainty out of ceramic bracket debonding. Enjoy predictable
debonding with a gentle mesial-distal squeeze on the bracket.
aesthetics and performance that gives your patients the look and
results they are asking for.
Unitek™ Gemini
Clear Ceramic Brackets
Adhesive Coated Appliance System
Selection By Tooth – .022 in.
Maxillary
IN/OUT
M/D
Part Number – .022 in.
Tooth
Torque
Angulation
in.
mm
Width
L
R
Central
+17
4
.044
1.12
3.5
Lateral
117-302
117-304
117-306
117-316
R
+10
8
.058
1.47
3.0
Cuspid HK
0
8
.041
1.04
3.5
Bicuspid HK
-7
0
.041
1.04
3.5
117-301
117-303
117-305
117-307
L
Mandibular
Tooth
Torque
Angulation
in.
mm
Width
Anterior
-6
0
.060
1.52
2.5
Cuspid HK
0
3
.031
0.79
3.5
1st Bicuspid HK
-12
2
.041
1.04
3.5
2nd Bicuspid HK
-17
2
.041
1.04
3.5
117-308
117-309
117-311
117-313
117-310
117-312
117-314
Add Prefix “3” for APC™ II Adhesive
Coated Appliance System
One Case Kits
One Case Kits – 5×5
U/L 5×5 Hooks
U/L 5×5 Hooks
Part Number – .022 in.
117-100 for Non-Coated
3117-100 for APC™ II Adhesive System
References
1. 3M Unitek data; September 2009, ref. number 2008 – S10151; December 2009,
ref. number 2009 – S10402; June 2011, ref. number 2011 - S10554.
2. 3M Unitek laboratory data; October 2006, ref. number 2006 – S10021.
3. 3M Unitek laboratory data; May 2011, ref. number 2010 – S10449.
4. 3M Unitek laboratory data; June 2012, ref. number 2010 – S10486.
5. 3M Unitek laboratory data; May 2011, ref. number 2009 – S10346.
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Orthodontic Products
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