Direct Bond Bracket Tweezer With Blade, 13.5 cm — Orthodontic — Bracket Instruments (Direct Bond Bracket Tweezers)

A reverse-action tweezer: the arms cross so the tip sits closed at rest and opens when squeezed, which means the bracket is held without the operator sustaining grip pressure. The two beaks are deliberately unmatched — one carries fine transverse serrations that bite the bracket base and stop it rotating as it is carried and seated, the other is a plain flat blade. That blade is the "with blade" feature the catalogue names, and it is what separates this model from its siblings: it gives a clean flat face for seating the bracket down onto the tooth and for nudging position after placement, rather than a second gripping surface. A flat paddle at the rear of the handle serves as a further pushing surface. Of the 1766 family, this is the placing-and-seating tool; 1766-9, 1766-9-s and 1766-15 carry slot aligners instead, which orient the bracket slot for the archwire.