Sklar Merit College Cotton Pliers, #317B, Angled

The college cotton plier is a small spring style gripping instrument used in dental practice to pick up and place cotton pledgets, small dressings or materials at chairside. This Sklar Merit version is model 317B, one of three pattern variants in this listing that also include models 317 and 317A, and it features an angled shaft with long, extra-fine serrated tips, giving a precise grip suited to small or delicate items in tight spaces within the mouth.

It measures 6 inches, a length that allows comfortable one handed use throughout a dental appointment. Instruments of this spring pattern type are used by dentists and dental assistants whenever cotton or a similar small item needs to be handled directly at the tooth surface without finger contact. It should be cleaned and sterilised between patients following standard dental instrument reprocessing protocols.