Lingual Arch Forming Pliers

Lingual and transpalatal arches are built from heavier wire than a standard archwire, and forming a secure double-back or triple-back bend in that thicker stock requires more leverage than a light-wire plier is designed to provide.

Lingual Arch Forming Pliers are sized specifically for this heavier gauge, with beak geometry built to grip and bend .030″ and .036″ wire cleanly, rather than being scaled down for the light round wire used in early archwire phases.

Clinically, this plier is used to fabricate lingual holding arches, transpalatal arches, and similar space-maintaining appliances anchored on the lingual or palatal surface. Wire capacity reaches .036″. Medical-grade stainless steel, fully autoclavable.

Product Features

• Lingual Arch Forming Pliers shape double-back and triple-back bends in heavier wire
• Beak geometry sized for lingual arch wire gauge, not light archwire
• Provides the leverage needed for secure bends in thicker wire stock
• Used to fabricate lingual holding arches and transpalatal arches
• Handles lingual arch wire up to .036″
• Medical-grade stainless steel, fully autoclavable