The Morelli High-Heat Triangle Bite Stick is a band seater that brings an orthodontic band down onto the tooth using the patient’s own occlusion. It combines a stainless steel triangular tip with a gray nylon handle: the polymer body withstands the pressure of the bite and steam autoclave sterilization at 121 °C (250 °F), which is exactly what the High-Heat designation refers to.
Key Features
Triangular tip — the working face is a triangle in the standard orientation, giving a narrow, defined contact area against the band margin.
Stainless steel working tip — a rigid contact surface that does not deform under repeated occlusal load.
Gray nylon handle — absorbs bite pressure without cracking and is unaffected by repeated autoclave cycles.
Bite-driven seating — the seating force comes from the patient’s bite rather than from hand pressure, which is easier to control on posterior teeth.
Autoclavable — the complete instrument is reprocessed by steam sterilization at 121 °C (250 °F) between patients.
Four tip geometries available — Morelli builds the same handle with triangular, inverted triangular, round and square tips; the indications are the same and the operator picks the shape that gives the best access.
Technical Specifications
Material: Gray nylon handle with stainless steel tip
Tip Geometry: Triangular tip, standard orientation
Triangle Height: 4 mm
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 Triangle Bite Stick
Clinical Applications
Molar band seating on posterior teeth, where the patient bites on the tip to drive the band to its final position.
Band try-in and sizing, confirming that the chosen size seats completely before cementation.
Seating after cementation, taking the band fully to place while the cement is still workable.
Standard triangle or inverted triangle?
This unit carries the standard triangular tip. The inverted-triangle model is the same instrument with the tip reversed — same material, same indications — so the choice is operator preference and access to the tooth.