A brief history of Munchies^®

Munchies^® were first developed in 2015 to allow clear aligners to be seated as accurately and intimately as possible. The initial prototype encompassed only two ends and was affectionately known as the “Bone” and featured upper and lower anterior grooves on each end.

The next prototype featured a three arm version, designed to incorporate more specific seating of the aligners in the upper anterior region, lower anterior region and posteriorly.

The challenge initially was to engineer a medical grade silicone device that had ideal viscoelastic properties which could envelop clear aligners, allow forces to be applied to seat them perfectly without causing any change in the morphology of the aligner.

Six differing hardnesses were initially trialed and it soon became apparent that patients preferred a specific range.

Since Munchies^® was launched, more than 2 million devices have been prescribed for varying uses such as seating, pain relief, intrusion, acceleration and salivary simulation.  The range contains many different shapes, sizes and hardnesses, for use with clear aligner patients and fixed braces.

Munchies^® devices continue to grow in popularity around the world and the engineering and dental team at the Postgraduate School of Dentistry in Sydney, Australia, continue to develop more paradigm shifting devices and technologies in orthodontics, oral medicine and aesthetic orthodontics and dentistry.