Dube, GunjanSharma, AnkitSrivastava, AnkitaPatel, Naresh2016-10-132016-10-132016-07Dube Gunjan, Sharma Ankit, Srivastava Ankita, Patel Naresh. Wire Cutter: Improvised approach with Basic Instrument. Annals of International Medical and Dental Research. 2016 July-Aug; 2(4): 57-59.http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/177783A good armamentarium is basic to a practicing oral and maxillofacial surgeon. Various instruments and equipment are being improvised on a continuous basis to curtail various inherent problems and disadvantages of these instruments. The wire cutter is one such instrument, which is used in day-to-day oral surgical practice and is not free of disadvantage like blunting of sharp edges as a result of repeated usage and sterilization process. In this article, we discuss about a commonly used basic instrument (nail cutter) which can be efficiently used as a wire cutter.enIntermaxillary fixationNail cutterWire cutterArticle