Blog

Compete hard tissue dental charting is completed for the new patient. At recare appointments,  any changes are added to the chart.

What angle should be maintained for a working stroke with a sickle scaler?

TRUE OR FALSE: A healthy gingival margin is coronal to the CEJ.

Repeated withdrawal and reinsertion of the probe can contribute to unnecessary trauma.  Staying in the pocket allows for accurate assessment by covering all the surfaces.

When using the periodontal probe correctly, probing depths are measured from the:

The Shepard’s hook explorer is designed:

Which of the following strokes is appropriate to use with the probe?

With the modified pen grasp, during an exploratory stroke the finger that is most sensitive to the vibrations emitted from the working end of an instrument is the:

The probe depth indicated in the illustration below is:

The highest level of sterilization assurance is: