In 1998, Ormco and "A" Company, two leaders in the orthodontic industry, merged into a single company dedicated to providing you, the orthodontic specialist, with the highest quality products, the most efficient clinical technologies and the best service in the industry. With our new Ormco Orthodontic Product Catalog On-line, we present to you the realization of that vision. Never before has such an offering of state-of-the-art orthodontic products been available from one source. Never before has one company made such a comprehensive effort to provide the widest range possible of high quality clinical solutions. I use the phrase "clinical solutions" carefully and with a great deal of deliberation. Our consolidated Ormco/"A" Company credo is to design products that enable you to achieve clinical results of the highest quality while reducing chair time and enhancing patient comfort. Before a product was included in this catalog, we asked ourselves three basic questions Does it improve the doctor's ability to achieve high quality results? Does it advance the clinical efficiency of the day-to-day practice of orthodontics? Does it enhance patient comfort?