Abstract
The main objective of this innovation was to ease, minimise the working time at chair side by loading the crimpable hook for retraction/protraction/any other clinical situation demanding placement of the crimpable hook when the archwire is in position. For the same reason a plier routinely used which can be modified to suit the above purpose was thought off. This innovative plier serves dual purpose. As it is a modified distal end cutter, there is an added feature of crimping the hook to the arch wire apart from serving the basic purpose of cutting the distal end. Thus saves time at chairside. The innovative FAS *twin function plier has a high efficiency, ease of use, is economic, for distal end cutting of the arch wire.
Highlights
Clinicians often find it difficult and time‐consuming to make hooks in the stainless steel archwire for enmass retraction of anterior teeth in clinical scenario.Crimpable hooks present itself to this challenge by getting attached to the archwire with the help of a crimpable hook plier that can be used intraorally or with the help of other pliers used extraorally.Removing the archwire from the bracket slot intraorally and placing marks to precisely locate the crimpable hooks are often time‐consuming though not very tedious.This bond is not very satisfactory and leaves an indentation on the wire distorting it to some extent
The currently used distal end cutter was modified, and a slot was made in the contra‐angled beak of the plier as shown in Figure 1a and b
The net result was the addition of an extra function to the already existing distal end cutter, i.e., the function of crimping hook onto the archwire giving birth to a new Address for correspondence: Dr Waddaramane Fakkirsab, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, College of Dental Sciences, Davangere, Karnataka, India
Summary
Clinicians often find it difficult and time‐consuming to make hooks in the stainless steel archwire for enmass retraction of anterior teeth in clinical scenario. Removing the archwire from the bracket slot intraorally and placing marks to precisely locate the crimpable hooks are often time‐consuming though not very tedious. This bond is not very satisfactory and leaves an indentation on the wire distorting it to some extent. The currently used distal end cutter was modified, and a slot was made in the contra‐angled beak of the plier as shown in Figure 1a and b. The slot made in the plier was used to carry the hook intraorally to the archwire, and the part of beaks above and below the slot was used to apply a firm pressure to crimp the hook onto the arch wire Figure 1c. The hook was crimped onto the wire without any difficulty and they remained stable
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