What are the cutting pliers used in orthodontics to cut out any type of silk?
However, you ask the "filament cutter" actually should be called the ligature cutter, not cut off the main arch wire, main arch wire in the "filament" than ligature thick, may damage the "filament cutter" caused by "cutting edge" appear sharp groove wear.
Department of Orthodontics "wire cutting pliers" is the literal translation of the argument, in fact, the original meaning refers to "English ligature cutter", the current commonly used orthodontic ligature with 0.2mm, 0.25mm, 0.3mm (in millimeters), and stainless steel wire, nickel titanium wire for dental arch of main arch wire size is another kind of specification, respectively is 0.014 ", 0.016", 0.018 "(in inches), the numbers behind quotes actually represents the" inch ", this kind of steel wire stainless steel wire with respect to the coarse 0.018x0.025 (inches) size, in front of which group of the main arch wire even" filaments ". So the thin wire and the thick silk are relative.
