How To Cut Braces Wire With Nail Clipper. Gently pull your cheek away from the area and dry the area where you will cut the wire. If some sort of fall or accident causes an archwire to break, you can use orthodontic wax to protect your mouth from any poking.
Let the patient know that if the wax is accidentally ingested, it’s not a problem. Make sure you don’t swallow the bit of wire. With wire cutter or nail clipper close to the back of the brace.
Don’t push the wire or cut wire more than it’s necessary.
Cut the wire as far back as you can. I would like to know how to snipe off protuding wires sticking out from the last molar band of my braces without paying a troublesome visit to dentist. Simply pinch off a small piece and roll it into a ball the size of a small pea. For poking wire, please try to see with a mirror and good lighting which part is poking then try to push the poking wire using eraser tip of a pencil or small q tips.