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060-001
BAND PUSHER |
| This instrument is used for applying hand pressure to bands when fitting or seating. The serrated end prevents slipping of the pusher from the edge of the band material, but this feature is not always successful. Heavy pressure may result in slippage of the instrument from the band, resulting in tissue damage to the patient. Avoid this by using the bite stick for the final seat. The band pusher is also used to burnish the edges of the band for the final contour and seal of the band margins. The band pusher may also be helpful in removing uncemented bands during fitting procedures, by pushing occlusally from under the attachments. |
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060-002
BITE STICK |
| This instrument is used to fit and apply the final seat to bands. The handle may be applied to the occlusal edges of the band to obtain the starting seat as the patient applies pressure by biting. The serrated metal tip is then placed on the occlusal edge of the band material and seated with biting pressure from the patient. The final seat on lower molar bands should be on the buccal surface. Avoid placing lingual force on lower molar bands. The final seat on upper molar bands should be on the palatal surface. |
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060-004
ELASTIC SEPARATING INSTRUMENT |
| Used for placing elastomeric separators. Place the grooved tip into the center of the separator and squeeze the handle to expand. "Saw" the separator through the contact point and release the handle pressure to remove the plier. |
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060-005
FAST ALASTIC POSITIONER |
| Used for quick and efficient placement of elastomeric ligatures. Engage the elastomeric by placing the tips in the center of the ring and pushing the lever back to expand. The ligature is now placed over the bracket with an incisal-gingival or gingival-incisal motion. Release the lever with a twist to the side (horizontal) as the lever is released to remove the instrument from the ligature. Efficient procedures can be accomplished with an assistant and two positioners. One loads the ligatures from the tree and uses four-handed techniques to pass to the operator who is placing the ligatures. Patients can also use this instrument to change clear elastomeric ties when using ceramic brackets. |
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060-006
MATHIEU PLIER/HEMOSTAT |
| Used for tightening ligature pigtails. The rounded handle allows spinning in the palm of the hand. Squeezing the handle while twisting locks the beaks for engagement. A second squeeze of the handles releases the beaks. The Mathieu needle holder can also be used for placement of elastomeric ligatures or placement of elastics. |
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060-007
SHORTY TWIST HOLDER (NOT AVAILABLE IN PDS SPAIN) |
| Shorty ligature twists and Kobayashi Hooks are placed with one hand. The handle is pulled back to open the beaks, allowing insertion of the twisted end of the shorty steel ligature or Kobyashi Hook. Release the handle to lock the ligature in place. One-handed steel tie techniques allow the other hand to hold a ligature director or chilling pen for heat activated nickel-titanium archwires. This product is ideal for single operator reties. (Holder, catalog #060-007; shorty ligature ties, catalog #040-002; shorty .014 Kobayashi ties, catalog #040-002A.) |
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060-008
PIN & LIGATURE CUTTER |
| Used for cutting ligature wire. A fter cutting the pigtail, close the beaks to tuck the pigtail under the bracket. We recommend and only stock a very small, fine cutter to give access to tightly concealed wires in hard-to-get areas. Do not cut archwires with this fine cutter, or breakage will result. |
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060-009
HARD WIRE CUTTER |
| Designed to cut any size wire. Helpful in any general wire cutting outside the mouth. When sizing .021 x .025 stainless steel archwire before placement into the tube, use this cutter to avoid making a bur on the end that would prevent insertion. |
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060-010
LIGHT WIRE PLIER |
| Used for general wire bending and the insertion of archwires into tubes. Placed on all tray setups in the office for patient visits. Finishing bends made with the wire outside the mouth are made with this plier. The size and shape of the beaks are CRITICAL when making these fine finishing bends, and have been chosen for you so that these bends may be made accurately. For intra oral first order finishing bends, use the Intra Oral Finishing Pliers. First order bends (step up, down, in, out) may be made by bending the wire on each side of the beaks. Second order finishing bends (tip) may be made with the tip of this plier, and should NOT be made with the intra-oral finishing pliers. Some will move the plier to make the two bends. For third order (torque) bends, use in conjunction with a Howe plier to hold the undisturbed portion of the wire. The round portion of the beaks may be used to make curvatures in archwires. When making bends in nickel-titanium archwires, the wire is bent around the rounded end of this plier. Since this plier can be used to insert or remove archwires, this plier is on every adjustment visit set of pliers. You need many of these! |
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060-011
JARABAK PLIER |
| Used for loop bending in small archwires. Grooves in the beak are at four, five and six millimeters for measuring of loop height. The tip is very fine for tight loop bending, such as helix and omega loops. This is an optional plier that you only need one of in your practice. |
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060-012
DISTAL-END CUTTER |
| MUsed to cut all archwires distal to the molar tube, or to cut stainless steel wires in your hand (instead of a hard wire cutter). Close the beak onto archwire, slide forward until the plier stops against the molar tube, and squeeze to cut the wire. The excess wire will be held by the plier beaks to be removed from the mouth. This cutter has a sharp blade to "chop" the archwire, giving the closest cut possible to the tube. The cutting edge is more fragile, occasionally breaking, and requires more force to cut the wire. When cutting nickel titanium archwires, close the plier with a "quick, snap" type motion to hold the end of the wire. Slow closing of the plier will not grab the end that springs to the back of the mouth when cut. |
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060-013
ANGLE HOWE PLIER |
| The Angle Howe Plier has flat beaks that may be used to flatten the U loop of transpalatal bars as an intraoral adjustment. Insertion and removal of transpalatal arches at the doubleback bend is another use. Utility archwire step fabrication is easy using the three-millimeter beaks of the Howe plier. The beaks are serrated, allowing for use in cinchback bends distal to molar tubes; however, most prefer the Weingardt Plier for this purpose. |
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060-014
POSTERIOR BAND REMOVER |
| Engage the plastic tip on the occlusal surface, the metal edge under the gingival portion of the buccal or lingual band attachment, and squeeze. Lower molar bands are best removed from the buccal, while upper molar bands are best removed from the palatal. Quick and efficient removal of cemented bands results. Some patients are too tender to tolerate removal of well-fit bands. In these cases, slit the band material with a carbide bur in a high speed handpiece, and finish band removal with this plier.
The metal beak may also be used for removal of bonding resin from the surfaces of teeth that have just been debonded. Place the plastic tip on the occlusal or incisal edge and scrape the facial surface of the tooth by squeezing the plier (catalog #060-014; replacement plastic tips catalog #060-028). Metal tips may be needed for some high temperature dry-heat sterilizers. |
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060-015
BRACKET REMOVING PLIER |
| Engage the tie wings of the bracket with the beaks and twist. The best motion is usually gingival incisal or incisal gingival, BUT you should get in a habit of grabbing the bracket mesial-distal to avoid distortion of the tie wings. This is especially important when repositioning brackets. This tool is very efficient for the removal of both anterior and posterior bonded brackets. Use the same instrument for removal of IP ceramic brackets, assuming indirect bonding with custom pads and Sondhi Rapid set has been used. With this bonding method, ceramic removal is exactly the same as metal bracket removal.
For direct bonded ceramic brackets, have the patient bite on a cotton roll to stabilize the tooth when twisting the bracket off the tooth. Expect ceramic fracture by this method and the need to grind off the remaining porcelain with a diamond bur.
When removing metal brackets for bracket repositioning, grab the "base" of the bracket mesial-distal to prevent distorting the tie-wings (the slot can close) and give a little "snap". |
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060-016
3 PRONG FACEBOW PLIER |
| Contour the heavy wire used in headgear facebows. The inner bow may be constricted or expanded. Adjust the outer bow with the facebow and force module activated on the patients' head to gain proper direction of force. The outer bow is raised by squeezing with the 2 prongs inferior, and lowered by flipping the plier and squeezing. Contour the outer bow to the face by squeezing the anterior portion of the outer bow. |
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060-017
3 PRONG ADJUSTMENT PLIER (SMALL) |
| Used for constricting loops on Hawley Bows, adjusting the Transpalatal Bar away from the palate, and reactivating quad helix appliances. Place the beaks on the U loop of the Hawley Labial Bow as illustrated and squeeze to constrict. For quad helix activation, expand the molars by squeezing the lateral segment, lingual arms by squeezing the anterior segment, and buccal root torque by squeezing the anterior segment in the horizontal plane. For facebow adjustment of the inner bow (NOT the outer bow), shorten the bow by squeezing. This instrument can also be used to bend keyhole and T loops towards the gingival tissue, although a Hollow Chop Plier is better for this purpose. |
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060-019
LOOP FORMING PLIER |
| Forms vertical loops and crimps at each end of an angle. Select angle at which the loop is to be bent by positioning the plier for the final crimp. Good for making loops for tieback or elastic placement. You can make loops with heights from 2mm to 5mm. Use on rectangular wires of any size; round wires lack control in the plier. |
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060-021
CAP REMOVAL TOOL TIPS |
| Place these tips on a Bardparker blade handle to convert first molar tubes to brackets. This tool is necessary when archwire bends are needed between the molars or when inserting heavy rectangular archwires through successive molar tubes. Use in a "can opener" motion to remove the plate, afterwards ligaturing the bracket to secure the archwire. Removing the first molar caps is not done enough in most practices. (catalog #060-022. Tool tips only catalog #060-021). |
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060-022
CAP REMOVAL TOOL |
| Place these tips on a Bardparker blade handle to convert first molar tubes to brackets. This tool is necessary when archwire bends are needed between the molars or when inserting heavy rectangular archwires through successive molar tubes. Use in a "can opener" motion to remove the plate, afterwards ligaturing the bracket to secure the archwire. Removing the first molar caps is not done enough in most practices. (catalog #060-022. Tool tips only catalog #060-021). |
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060-025
TWEED LOOP PLIER |
| Intraoral adjustment of utility arches is made easy with the Tweed Plier. Add tipback by squeezing at the posterior of the buccal sweep. Squeeze at the anterior step to increase buccal sweep away from the tissue. Intra-oral center bends can be made to parallel roots adjacent to extraction spaces, or can make tipback bends for added anchorage. Form loops such as horizontal T, double delta, boot loop, helix, etc. with ease. This plier is a must-have in the practice! |
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