Empower® Dual Activation System
One System. Multiple Applications. Zero Compromise.
The Dual Activation System is a single, innovative concept with multiple applications - all designed to enhance your treatment philosophy. Here's what you'll experience with Dual Activation:
- The best of both worlds - interactive and passive brackets in one unified system
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Excellent anterior control
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Improved posterior freedom play
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Time saving benefits and ease of self ligation
The Choice is Yours
As the most complete self ligating bracket system in the industry, Empower brings you an unprecedented array of possibilities that puts control back in your hands. Dual Activation allows you to truly make the system your own.
Take the various options available with Empower's Dual Activation and make the system your own. Extensive prescription, wire, hook, and pad options allow you to develop a system unique to your treatment style.
Prescription Choices*
- McLaughlin, Bennett, Trevisi
- Roth
- Modified Damon
- Roncone
- Gianelly V-Slot
- Additional Torque Choices
* American Orthodontics' prescription versions. No endorsement by the doctor(s) is implied.
Bracket Options
- Three bicuspid pad choices
- Optional, integrated hooks on laterals, cuspids, and bicuspids
Wire Choices
- Tanzo Copper Nickel Titanium
- Tritanium multi-force heat activated NiTi
- Therma-Ti heat activated NiTi
- Superelastic NiTi
- Beta Titanium
- Stainless Steel
Product Features

Interactive Brackets
Less ligation friction during initial leveling and aligning. Increased torque and rotation control during finishing.

Passive Brackets
Less ligation friction and lower force mechanics throughout treatment. No wires are actively engaged by the clip.

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