Appliances
Pliers
Instruments Pt.1
Instruments Pt.2
Instrument Pt.3
100
A combination of bands, brackets, arch wires, and auxiliaries.
What is Braces?
100
Useful in forming and bending archwires for fixed or removable appliances with more detail
What is Bird-Beak Pliers?
100
An Instrument used for holding and placing ligatures and elastics.
What is Orthodontic Hemostat?
What is Mathieu pliers?
100
An instrument that assists in seating and placing orthodontic bands by using the patient's bite force.
What is Bite Stick?
100
A temporary appliance used to move teeth rather than getting traditional braces
What is Teeth Aligners?
200
Used to fasten the wire along each tooth.
What is Bracket?
200
To grasp and place separators (spacers) interproximally
What is Separating Pliers?
200
An Instrument used to hold, carry, and place brackets
What is Bracket Placement Pliers?
200
An Instrument used to cut the (distal) ends of an arch wire.
What is Distal-End Cutters?
200
An Orthopedic device that is worn partially outside of the mouth to control growth and tooth movement.
What is Headgear?
300
Used for maintaining positioning of teeth and jaw after orthodontics treatment.
What is Retainer?
300
Used to place and remove arch wires.
What is Howe (110) Pliers?
300
An instrument used to push an arch wire into place or guide a ligature wire.
What is Ligature Director?
300
An Instrument used to cut small and thin ligature wires. The blades are more delicate than Distal-End Cutters which is why you do not want to cut Arch wire with it.
What is Ligature Cutters?
300
A device used to produce 3D images from CAD/CAM scans of intraoral cavity.
What is Dental 3D Printer?
400
Used to wedge tight contacts apart before the appointment for easier movement of the teeth. Usually placed in a week or so prior to placement of bands.
What is Separator?
400
Known as basic utility pliers, it is used mostly for removing and placing arch wires. These are multipurpose pliers.
What is Weingart Pliers?
400
An instrument used to remove separators.
What is Orthodontic Scaler?
400
An Instrument used to remove brackets.
What is Bracket Remover?
400
A canine-to-canine retainer that is bonded to the lingual surface of the teeth.
What is Lingual Retainer?
500
Holds the arch wire in place.
What is Orthodontic Band?
500
Used for shaping, contouring, and adjustment of the wire...Also has three prongs.
What is Three-Prong Pliers?
500
An instrument used to place and seat bands onto the teeth as well as sometimes contour it to the shape of the tooth.
What is Band Pusher?
What is Plugger with scaler?
500
An instrument that uses a plastic cover to prevent damage of the teeth while it sits at the top of the tooth when removing the posterior bands.
What is Band Remover?
500
A removable and custom-fit retainer that is used after braces.
What is Hawley Retainer?