Abstract
A pin and ligature and distal end cutter are some of the most commonly used instruments in orthodontic practice. These instruments are also prone to tip damage on account of heavy usage as well as repeated sterilization. Steam sterilization is most common and the quickest method of sterilization; however, it causes corrosion and rusting of orthodontic pliers and damages the cutting edges [1]. When the tips of these instruments break, a clinician is usually left with no option other than replacing the instruments with new ones at considerable cost or getting the instruments retipped or repaired by sending them back to the manufacturer which again entails expense and time loss. In India, this facility of retipping is at present not provided by most of the manufacturers and this means that the instrument has to be discarded and a new one to be purchased.
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