Dental instruments
Dimple Dot Plier
Web referenceTGI-C-4FF3697FQuote this to us. It identifies this page, not a factory part number.
Presses a small dimple into a clear aligner so it grips the tooth rather than slipping.
A dimple plier is a hand plier from the orthodontic clear-aligner range. One beak carries a small rounded male punch and the opposite beak carries a matching female recess, so closing the handles cold-forms a raised dimple into thermoformed aligner plastic without heat. The body is a two-arm plier on a riveted joint with a return spring and long handles, made from stainless steel and autoclavable. What separates it from the pliers filed next to it in an aligner catalog is the punch-and-recess pair: a hole-punch plier removes material, a bite-ramp or horizontal plier forms a different shape, and a dimple plier raises a dimple of a stated diameter.
Minimum order200 instrumentsThe minimum for dental instruments. Mixed orders are quoted against your list.
Lead timeInstruments ~2-3 weeks · full sets ~4-6 weeks after advance.
Quality control
The inspection step is set by the line you order.
- Economy line
- sample: visual + dimensional
- Clinical line
- sample + boil test
- Premium line
- tighter sample + hardness test
- Executive line
- 100% inspection + laser mark
Finish A color is a second choice, made on top of the line. Colored finishes on request, on any instrument, in addition to the steel line. Evidenced: black · gold · rose gold · blue · rainbow (anodised titanium).
How it is built
- Two-arm plier on a riveted joint (box or lap) with a return spring between the handles
- One beak carries a rounded male punch, the opposing beak a matching female die or recess
- Punch made in stated dimple diameters, and in round, vertical and horizontal dimple forms
- Some models carry an adjustable punch height set with a small wrench (e.g. Ortho Arch OA-800-155)
- stainless steel body; one maker publishes German 440A; fully autoclavable
- Made with long handles for leverage; made as a single-ended (one working head) instrument only
- Cold-forming: no heating step is part of the instrument's design
PatternsRound dimple plier · Vertical dimple instrument · Horizontal dimple plier · Mini dot dimple plier · Dimple punch plier
The standard sizes this kind of instrument is made in
1 mm round dimple · 3 mm round dimple · 3 mm vertical dimple
These are the sizes the pattern is manufactured in across the trade. They are not a stock list. Tell us the size you need and we will quote against it.
This describes the article. The steel, the finish and the inspection step are set by the line you order.
Material and quality
| Line | Steel | Origin | Finish | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy line | AISI 410 | Pakistani or Taiwanese | satin, passivated | sample: visual + dimensional |
| Clinical line | AISI 420 | Pakistani or German | satin, passivated | sample + boil test |
| Premium line | AISI 420-440C | German or Japanese | fine polish, passivated | tighter sample + hardness test |
| Executive line | AISI 440C | German or Japanese | mirror polish, passivated | 100% inspection + laser mark |
This is the steel each line is made from as standard. A different origin can be supplied on request (a lower grade in Japanese steel, for example), agreed on your order.
Premium is the line where the choice is yours: 420 or 440C, agreed on your order. Economy is always 410 and Executive is always 440C. Those three are the instrument steels. Hollowware and sterilization containers are made in AISI 202 on a Clinical order and AISI 304 on a Premium or Executive one, and they are not offered in the Economy line at all, which is the section above.
True of every order
Instruments are marked to the buyer's requirement (TGI, unmarked, or the buyer's own brand), agreed on the order.
Customized packaging is part of what TGI supplies. Your own printed boxes, your labels, your brand on the pack, or plain export packing, whichever your market needs. The packing for your order is agreed with you and confirmed on the order.
Manufactured under the quality management system covered by TGI's ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 certificates. Certificate numbers and the issuer's registry are on the certification page. Open the certificates
Every batch of steel is ordered to a specified grade and arrives with the mill's own certificate, which identifies the mill and states the grade. TGI checks the material at the factory against its own requirement before it goes into production. That check is TGI's own inspection, not an independent laboratory test.
TGI manufactures in its own factory in Sialkot and also supplies articles made by contracted partner workshops, to TGI's specification. Which applies to a given article is confirmed on your order.
One-year guarantee on Premium and Executive tier instruments, hollowware and sterilization containers: any technical manufacturing defect, including material faults and rust, is replaced free of charge. Damage from handling or accidents is not covered. The year runs from the day the goods leave Sialkot.
If something is wrong with a delivery (a manufacturing defect, or a short or wrong article), tell us on WhatsApp within 7 days of delivery, with a video and photographs of what arrived. Replacement instruments are sent free of charge and dispatched within 24 hours of us seeing them; you pay the shipping, and they reach you as a normal order does.
Damage that happened after the goods left Sialkot is a claim against your carrier. The video of your parcel at the shipping office is sent to you before shipment and is the evidence that claim needs.
