A stainless steel archwire that protrudes past the last molar tube needs to be tipped back into a smooth bend rather than left straight, both for patient comfort against the cheek and to help hold the wire securely in the tube.
Tip Back Pliers are shaped for exactly this bend, with a contra-angled design that reaches the posterior region without blocking the clinician’s line of sight. The beak geometry is matched to stainless steel wire, which bends and holds its shape differently than superelastic NiTi.
Clinically, this plier is used at the finishing step of placing a stainless steel archwire, after the wire is engaged in the molar tube. Wire capacity reaches .022″ x .025″ round and rectangular archwire. Medical-grade stainless steel, fully autoclavable.
Product Features
- Tip Back Pliers form a smooth tip-back bend in the distal archwire extension
- Contra-angled design reaches the posterior region without blocking visibility
- Beak geometry matched specifically to stainless steel archwire
- Prevents a protruding wire end from irritating the cheek
- Handles round and rectangular archwire up to .022″ x .025″
- Medical-grade stainless steel, fully autoclavable
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