Howe Utility Pliers - Angled 12.5 cm (3 mm Beak)
The Howe Utility Pliers are a universal orthodontic chairside pliers used for placing and removing archwires, tucking ligature ends, and handling general small wire work. The long slim beaks have fine cross-serrations that grip round and rectangular archwires without slipping, while the thin tapered profile keeps the operator's line of sight clear of the bracket being worked on. This version has an angled head and a 3 mm-diameter beak, which is well suited to fine light-wire manipulation and tight interproximal access. The pliers use a rivet-joint pivot with hardened stainless-steel beaks. Equate Instruments supplies them non-sterile, passivated, ultrasonically cleaned, individually packed, and fully autoclavable for routine in-clinic sterilisation.
Specifications
MaterialStainless SteelRusting PreventionPassivatedUltrasonic CleanedYesUsageLeft Hand or Right HandSterileNoReusableYesTests PerformedShape Test, Boil Test and Performance TestLatex FreeYesPackingIndividually PackedQc PassedYesRelated Products
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