3M Lightweight Band Seater and Pusher, Serrated Tip
A hollow-handled stainless steel hand instrument with an angled serrated tip, used to seat orthodontic bands firmly onto molars during banding.
This band seater and pusher is a stainless steel hand instrument built around a hollow, lightweight handle that balances well during repeated use through a full day of banding appointments. The working end is angled and finished with a serrated tip, which gives the operator a positive grip on band edges and seating lugs rather than slipping off smooth metal surfaces mid-procedure.
Orthodontic assistants and clinicians use instruments of this type to drive a preformed band fully onto a molar so it seats flush against the tooth before cementation, a step that has to be done firmly and accurately to avoid an ill-fitting band. Because the handle is hollow rather than solid, the instrument stays light in the hand over long clinic sessions without sacrificing the control needed to apply steady pressure.
It is a standard companion tool to a molar band kit and sits alongside other placement and removal instruments on the orthodontic tray, used at the banding stage of fixed appliance treatment and again whenever a band needs repositioning.
