Abstract: A plier-type tool for orthodontists for manipulating elastic ligatures and including a pair of pivoted plier members with each having a handle portion and a jaw portion. The outer end portion of each of said jaw portions comprises a pointed beak member which is disposed at an acute angle from a plane passing through the longitudinal axes of the handle portions. Each of said beak members is provided on the inner face thereof, near the pointed end thereof, with a concave groove, whereby an elastic ligature may be positioned in the grooves of said beak members and grasped between the beak members when they are moved to a closed position for manipulation of said elastic ligature.