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Dental instrument used to locate and measure the depth of the periodontal pocket.
Periodontal probe
Hook-shaped instrument that is available in various sizes and shapes; used for the removal of tenacious supragingival deposits of calculus.
Sickle scaler
Deepening of the gingival sulcus beyond normal.
Periodontal pocket
Periodontal knife with a sharp, spear-like cutting edges on both sides of the blade; also known as an interdental knife.
Orban knife
Curette with one cutting edge, “area specific”; it is designed to adapt to specific tooth surfaces (mesial or distal).
Gracey curette
Dental specialty involved with the diagnosis and treatment of the diseases of the supporting tissues.
Periodontics
Device used for rapid calculus removal; operates on high-frequency sound waves.
Ultrasonic scaler –
Type of incisional surgery performed; the tissues are not removed but are pushed away from the underlying tooth roots and alveolar bone.
Periodontal flap surgery (flap surgery)
To have movement, as in a loose tooth.
Mobility
Surgical reshaping and contouring of the gingival tissues.
Gingivoplasty
Inflammation of the gingival with involvement of deeper periosteal tissues indicated by formation of pockets and bones loss.
Periodontitis
Hand instrument used to remove subgingival surfaces; the blade has a rounded toe and a flat face set at a 900 angle to the lower shank.
Universal curette
Surgery in which bone is added, contoured, and reshaped.
Osteoplasty
Highly concentrated beam of light used for cutting or incising tissues; acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
Laser
Redness and swelling of the gingival tissues that may be caused an irritant
Gingivitis
Procedure that smoothes the surface of a root by removing abnormal toxic cementum or dentin that is rough, contaminated, or permeated with calculus.
Root planing
Appliance designed to guide, change, or alter facial and jaw functions for amore favorable occlusion position.
Activator-
Surgery involving the removal of bone.
Ostectomy
Double-ended knife with kidney-shaped blades, commonly used in periodontic surgery
Kirkland knife
The surgical removal of diseased gingival tissues.
Gingivectomy
Removal of calculus deposits from the teeth by use of various periodontal instruments, such as scalers and curettes.
Scaling
A contoured metal wire that provides force when teeth are guided into movement for orthodontics.
Archwire –
surgical specialty of removing defects in bone
Osseous surgery
Type of scaler used to remove heavy supragingival calculus
Hoe scaler
Area between two or more root branches.
Furcation