A charger/dispenser for orthodontic O-ring ligator structure including a body, friction retaining structure formed in the body for retaining, frictionally and releasably such a ligator structure in a condition with each ligator in the ligator structure having a substantially fully exposed annular face, and hemostat-jaw guide structure formed in the body effective to guide the gripping beaks in the jaw of a hemostat into a limit-defined removing position relative to such a ligator wherein a jaw can fully grip the ligator without occluding the open center therein.