Dean Scissors

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Dean scissors are the oral-surgery utility classic: 17 cm long, angled on the flat so the blades clear the anterior teeth, with serrated (saw) edges that grip as they cut. Slippery tissue and wet suture stay in the blades instead of sliding away, which is why the Dean has been on tonsillectomy and oral surgery trays for a century. Helmut Zepf makes it in four edge versions. Premium Dean Scissors Collection Our range covers the configurations clinicians ask for most: Dean Scissors, serrated — The classic saw-edge pattern (46.123.17) Dean Supercut — Micro-serrated cutting edge for a cleaner shear with less pressure (46.123.17SC) Dean Tungsten Carbide — Serrated TC edge for long service life (46.123.17TC) Dean Onyx — Serrated blades with the black, glare-free Onyx coating (46.123.17TISC) All instruments are forged from premium German surgical stainless steel — fully autoclavable, corrosion-resistant, and engineered to hold their edge through hundreds of sterilization cycles. Why Choose Zepf Dean Scissors? Angled on flat — The bend keeps your hand and the rings out of the line of sight while the blades work at the back of the mouth Serrated grip — Both blades toothed — tissue and suture cannot escape the cut 17 cm reach — Long enough for the retromolar pad, tuberosity and pharyngeal wall Heavy enough for suture — A true utility scissors; use it freely for ligatures and membranes Clinical Applications Cutting sutures in the posterior maxilla and mandible Trimming gingiva and operculum tissue Third-molar and tuberosity surgery Removing excess membrane and graft material Any cut where tissue tends to slip from a smooth blade History: Who Invented the Dean Scissors? The Dean scissors is attributed to Lee Wallace Dean (1873–1944), the American otolaryngologist who headed ophthalmology and otology at the University of Iowa from 1903 and served as dean of its medical college before moving to Washington University in St. Louis. The pattern belongs to the 1910s–1920s, the height