Instruments · WAM Classic Tweezers · cross-locking
A conventional tweezer only holds while somebody is squeezing it. The Classic is cross-locking – the jaws are shut at rest and stay shut on their own, with serrated tips for grip. The practical difference shows up between hands: a nurse can pass it across, or set it down loaded, and whatever is in it is still in it. Cotton, wedges, posts, paper points – the small things that are a nuisance to pick up twice.
This item: WAM Classic Tweezers, cross-locking jaws, serrated tips
Made by WAM, France · German stainless steel · WAM ref CT
| Cross-locking | Closed at rest. The grip does not depend on hand pressure, so nothing is released by accident when attention moves elsewhere |
| Serrated tips | For hold on small, light items that a smooth jaw lets slip |
| General purpose | Cotton, wedges, posts and paper points. For gutta percha cones and other long cylindrical items, the Endo Tweezers has jaws grooved for the job |
| 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 |
› The specialised one WAM Endo Tweezers – safety catch and grooved jaws, cut for cones and points.
› What it holds DiaDent® MMPP™ Paper Points.
› Isolation OraSeal™ Caulking – for the other half of keeping the field where you put it.
Classic or Endo?
Both lock. The Classic is the everyday one for small objects; the Endo adds a safety catch and jaws grooved lengthways and across, made for long cylindrical things like gutta percha cones. Plenty of surgeries keep one of each.
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 get rinsed in distilled water, cleaned, lubricated and autoclaved before first use. Ask us for the full document.
WAM Classic Tweezers · cross-locking jaws · serrated tips · cotton, wedges, posts and points · WAM France · REF WAM-CT
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