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Flashcards by lauren_bradbury, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by lauren_bradbury
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| Question | Answer |
| Adams pliers | Heavy pliers having sharply tapered beaks forming a four-sided pyramid when closed. Used for adjusting removable appliances and to form modified arrowhead clasps |
| Angle wire bending pliers | Pliers having two short beaks, one cone shaped, one pyramid. Used for bending small wire and springs |
| Band marker | Instrument used for scratch marking bracket and tube heights on bands |
| Band pusher (driver) | General term used to describe instruments having large rounded handles and single stout serrated beak. Used in manual placing and adaptation of bands. |
| Band removing pliers | Pliers having one blade longer than the other. Longer blade rests on the occlusal surface of a tooth while the shorter sharpened beak engages the gingival margin of the band. Anterior, Posterior and Universal patterns are used |
| Band splitting pliers | Pliers used to cut anterior upper and lower bands which are otherwise difficult to remove |
| bird beak | Pliers that are similar in shape to angle wire bending pliers, but have finer beaks. They are used to bend fine high-tensile archwires |
| bracket removing pliers | Pliers similar to band removing pliers, used to remove brackets bonded to the teeth |
| distal arch cutter | Special wire cutter with blades set at right angles to handles to facilitate the cutting of the distal ends of archwires in the mouth |
| How's pliers | Pliers having slender flat beaks terminating in a comma shape. The approximating surfaces are serrated to facilitate the handling of soft wire ligatures. Pliers only meet at the tips |
| ligature and pin cutters | Pliers used to cut ligatures and arch-retaining pins |
| ligature locking pliers | Pliers used in the edgewise technique, hold both ends of the ligature and on opening pull it tight |
| Marthew's Pliers | Pliers having one conical beak, the other being hollow ground along the length of its approximating surface. They are used to bend wire |
| Mitchell's trimmer | Hand instrument with one spoon-shaped and one angled end, the latter being triangular in cross section, tapering to a point. |
| Nance closing loop pliers | Pliers having two flat thin beaks that are stepped to allow a variety of parallel-sided loops to be formed. |
| Orthodontic scissors | Short blade scissors (straight and curved) for cutting stainless steel tape, metal chrome tape or bands. |
| Universal scissors | Shear-like scissors having short beaks at an angle to the handles. The blades are finely serrated to prevent slip, and they may have opposing notches at the base of the beaks for wire cutting. |
| Spring-forming pliers | Pliers having one conical and one pyramidal beak, long than those of angle wire bending pliers. Used for making helices in finger springs. |
| Tweed arch bending pliers | Pliers exclusively used for handling square or rectangular wire. The beaks are symmetrical flattened blades which are parallel when holding orthodontic wire. |
| Tweed loop-forming pliers | Pliers having one stepped pyramidal beak and an opposing stepped conical beak. Used to form loops or short curved sections particularly in square or rectangular wire. |
| Weingart pliers | Pliers of similar purpose to the How's pliers but having curved, offset beaks. |
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