What are the periodontal instruments?

Instruments used for the maintenance of the gingivae and supporting structures of the teeth or the treatment of conditions relating to them. They include scalers, hoes, and surgical cutting instruments such as the Blakes gingivectomy knife.

What instruments are used for root-planing?

Scaling and root-planing is usually performed using a combination of ultrasonic and hand instrumentation, such dental curettes or scalers. Using these instruments, bacterial plaque and dental calculus (tartar) are removed from the surfaces of the teeth, including the root surfaces above and below the gum line.

What are the different types of dental scalers?

There are three types of mechanical scalers; sonic, ultrasonic and rotary.

What are scaling instruments?

Scaling, root-planing, and curettage instruments are used for removal of biofilm and calcified deposits from the crown and root of a tooth, removal of altered cementum from the subgingival root surface, and debridement of the soft tissue lining the pocket.

What instruments to be used in scaling?

Scaling instruments can be divided into two types: manual and power-driven instruments. The manual instruments include sickle scalers, curettes, files, hoes, and chisels. The power-driven instruments include sonic and ultrasonic scalers. Ultrasonic scalers can further of two types: piezoelectric and magnetostrictive.

What is a curette scaler?

Curettes and Scalers Curettes are used in veterinary dentistry to remove subgingival calculus, root planing and for curettage. They have one blade with two cutting edges. Both cutting edges may be used on the front and back of the tooth. Periodontal probes and explorers are detection instruments.

Why is curette used?

A curette is a surgical instrument designed for scraping or debriding biological tissue or debris in a biopsy, excision, or cleaning procedure. In form, the curette is a small hand tool, often similar in shape to a stylus; at the tip of the curette is a small scoop, hook, or gouge.