Anatomy of Instrument Design and Selection

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By Ivan Pinto, RDHAP, BSDH, MB and Michaela Nguyen, RDH, BSDH, MS

While the use of ultrasonic scalers in periodontal therapy has grown in popularity, manual subgingival scaling continues to be the gold standard when treating inflammatory periodontitis and periodontal pockets deeper than 6 mm.^1,2 The importance of hand-activated instrumentation has also been highlighted due to the risks posed by ultrasonic-generated aerosols, particularly during the global pandemic.³

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