The Morelli High-Heat Round Bite Stick seats an orthodontic band onto the tooth using occlusal force, through a rounded stainless steel working face carried on a gray nylon handle. The High-Heat designation refers to the handle rating for steam autoclave sterilization at 121 °C (250 °F), so the instrument goes back to the banding tray after every patient with no change to the practice reprocessing routine.
Key Features
Round working face — the contact surface is a continuous curve with no corners, so it slides along the band margin instead of catching on it.
Stainless steel tip — transfers the occlusal load to the band without flattening or rounding off after repeated use.
Gray nylon body — a resilient polymer that takes the bite load and comes through sterilization cycles without becoming brittle.
Occlusal seating technique — the patient closes on the stick and the bite carries the band to place, instead of the operator pushing by hand.
121 °C (250 °F) reprocessing — sterilized by steam in one piece, alongside the rest of the banding set.
One of four tip shapes — round, square, triangular and inverted triangular share this handle and this indication; the shape is selected for access, not for a different clinical purpose.
Technical Specifications
Material: Gray nylon handle with stainless steel tip
Tip Geometry: Round tip
Overall Length: 150 mm
Handle Color: Gray
Sterilization: Steam autoclave at 121 °C (250 °F)
Purpose: Seating orthodontic bands onto the tooth with the patient’s bite
Certifications: FDA Approved, CE Approved, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 13485:2016
Country of Manufacture: Brazil
Package Includes: 1 High-Heat Round Bite Stick
Clinical Applications
Posterior band seating, where the patient closes on the stick and the occlusion drives the band down to its final position.
Access-limited sites, when a rounded contact face reaches the band margin more comfortably than an angled one — a question of reach, not of a separate indication.
Routine banding sets, kept beside the square and triangular tips so the operator can change shape mid-procedure without changing technique.
Round or square tip?
They are the same instrument with a different contact face — same gray nylon body, same steel tip, same indication. Choose whichever reaches the band more comfortably on the tooth in front of you.