Instruments · WAM Endo Tweezers · self-locking
Ordinary tweezers ask you to keep squeezing, and a cone coated in sealer is the last thing you want to hold by hand pressure alone. These work the other way round: the jaws are cross-action, closed at rest and held shut by the instrument rather than by you, with a safety catch. WAM’s own line says it best – the item will not be released until you decide.
This item: WAM Endo Tweezers, self-locking cross-action with safety catch, grooved and serrated jaws
Made by WAM, France · German stainless steel · WAM ref ET · Class I medical device, CE marked
| Cross-action, self-locking | Closed at rest with a safety catch. Press the handle to open – the grip does not depend on your hand pressure |
| Grooved and serrated jaws | Longitudinal and transversal grooves, serrated tips – what stops a round, slippery thing rotating out of the grip |
| Made for cylindrical things | WAM’s stated use: posts, paper points, gutta percha points and matrices – what a flat-jawed tweezer handles worst |
| Autoclave it OPEN | WAM’s maintenance instruction is explicit: instruments should be open during autoclave sterilisation. On a tweezer that locks shut by itself, that means holding the jaws open deliberately – the one step easy to miss. Clean and lubricate the movable parts first |
› What it holds DiaDent® ML.029™ Gutta Percha and MMPP™ Paper Points.
› The other WAM tweezer WAM Classic Tweezers – the conventional pattern, for everything that is not a cone.
› Seal with NeoSEALER® EZFlo – the sealer that makes the cone slippery in the first place.
› Gauge a cone DiaDent GP Gauge – calibrate and cut back to size.
Why tweezers that stay shut?
The moment you most want a firm grip is the moment your hand is busy with something else. A cross-action jaw holds without being held.
How do these differ from the Classic?
Both lock. The Endo adds the safety catch and grooved jaws for long cylindrical items; the Classic is the general one, for cotton, wedges and small objects.
Can they be autoclaved?
Yes. WAM’s maintenance instruction covers it: clean, lubricate the moving parts, then steam sterilise – with the instrument open, which on a self-locking tweezer takes a deliberate press. New ones are rinsed in distilled water, cleaned, lubricated and autoclaved before first use. Ask us for the full document.
WAM Endo Tweezers · self-locking cross-action · safety catch · grooved, serrated jaws · for posts, points and cones · WAM France · REF WAM-ET
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