Item identification help needed please.

[**bustysinclaire**]

Could anyone help me identify this item please?

I just wouldn't know where to begin with google, so I thought post a few pics on here may point me in the right direction.

It is a strange one to me, I have never seen anything like it before.

It is mad of plastic, about 1/2" thick, curved, has the word Ortho stamped on the side. One end looks like it is smiling lol, and the other rounded and flattened slightly. As you can see in the pictures it has an extra piece coming out of it (which I would say is coming out of the top - standing it up so as to read the word on the side the right way up) the xtra piece looks as though it maybe a hook as it has a groove in it on it;s thicker end. (Hope that makes sense) I am leaning toward crochet hook but never seen one like it before.

I found it in one of my Mum's old handbags, lol.

Can anyone help please.

[**bustysinclaire**]

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@lhasa.one wrote:

I think it's dental ORTHodontal) as opposed to ORTHOpedic, but I  really don't know what it is, just a hunch.

Why not pop in to Boots and ask them, or better still your local dentist?

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mmmmmm, that's a thought, I may just do that next time I am in town. TY

[saasher2012]

Let us know what ya find out cos it's really bugging me! lol.

[cookiecookuk]

It looks a bit like the tool my daughters orthodontist used to use on her brace to put on and remove the little bands to hold her brace in place.