Cutters

What This Collection Covers

• Distal end cutters with safety hold — standard, flush cut, mini head, long handle
• Light wire pliers with cutter and Bird Beak and Jarabak pliers with cutter
• Removers — posterior band removing and crown removing pliers, adhesive removing replacement tips
• Companion pliers — Weingart, How, Tweed, Adams, Young, loop adjusting and optical pliers, Mathieu elastic pliers and needle holders, crown and band crimping pliers
• Clear aligner plier — vertical pattern

Flush Cut or Standard?

A standard cutter leaves a very small bevel on the cut end. A flush cutter is ground so the cut is flat and square, leaving no sharp spur to catch the cheek or tongue. For distal ends that sit against soft tissue, flush cut is the comfortable choice for the patient.

How to Choose

Wire type. Light round wire for light wire cutters; stainless and rectangular wire for hard wire cutters.

Location. Distal end cutters for behind the last molar; fine-tip ligature cutters between brackets.

Safety hold. For any cut inside the mouth where the offcut could be lost, choose a safety-hold cutter.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a distal end cutter?
A cutter with angled blades that trims the end of an archwire behind the last bracket or tube, usually with a safety hold to retain the offcut.

Can a ligature cutter cut archwire?
No. Ligature and pin cutters are for fine tie wire. Use a hard wire or distal end cutter for archwire.

Related categories: orthodontics, orthodontic pliers, hard wire cutters, pin and ligature cutters, pin and wire cutters and wire cutters and nippers.