About Orthodontic Bracket Remover Pliers
Bracket remover pliers, also called debonding pliers, are orthodontic instruments for removing bonded brackets when treatment ends. The pattern we supply is a posterior bracket remover with angled jaws, 13 cm (130 mm) long, with a TC (tungsten carbide) designation.
What this configuration tells you
Each part of the description identifies a different attribute:
- 13 cm: the overall length of the instrument.
- Posterior: the pattern is designated for posterior use.
- Angled jaws: the jaws are set at an angle to the handles.
- TC: the instrument carries a tungsten carbide designation.
None of these, on its own or together, describes how the jaws engage a bracket or which bracket systems the plier suits.
Bracket remover, band remover or wire cutter?
These are three different instrument jobs, and the names are not interchangeable:
- Bracket remover: removes bonded brackets. This is the instrument offered here.
- Band remover: a separate instrument designed for removing orthodontic bands.
- Distal end cutter: cuts and shortens the ends of archwire. See our distal end cutter.
Comparing bracket-removal designs
"Debonding pliers" covers more than one design. Bracket removers differ in jaw form and in what they are intended to do; some models, for example, are also documented for removing adhesive residue, and that use has to be specified rather than assumed for every bracket remover. Jaw form, intended removal task and the bracket systems covered by a design's documentation should be compared together. Two pliers that share a 13 cm length and a TC designation are not necessarily interchangeable.
Requesting a quote
Request a quote for the 13 cm TC posterior bracket remover and tell us the quantity you need. If your practice works with a particular bracket system, include it, along with the reference of any plier you are replacing.
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