Biomaterial Database

[Root surface instrumentation]. 1990

T Kocher

Zentrum Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde, Christian-Albrechts-Universität.

The present status of root surface debridement is reviewed. Recently it was shown that the influence of root surface roughness and endotoxin-contaminated cementum was overestimated. The method of instrumentation (i.e., hand instrument, sonic or ultrasonic scaler) does not influence wound healing after periodontal surgery. The operator's technique is of utmost importance.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D004731	Endotoxins	Toxins closely associated with the living cytoplasm or cell wall of certain microorganisms, which do not readily diffuse into the culture medium, but are released upon lysis of the cells.	Endotoxin
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012534	Dental Scaling	Removal of dental plaque and dental calculus from the surface of a tooth, from the surface of a tooth apical to the gingival margin accumulated in periodontal pockets, or from the surface coronal to the gingival margin.	Root Scaling,Scaling, Dental,Scaling, Root,Scaling, Subgingival,Scaling, Supragingival,Root Scalings,Scalings, Root,Subgingival Scaling,Supragingival Scaling
D013357	Subgingival Curettage	Removal of degenerated and necrotic epithelium and underlying connective tissue of a periodontal pocket in an effort to convert a chronic ulcerated wound to an acute surgical wound, thereby insuring wound healing and attachment or epithelial adhesion, and shrinkage of the marginal gingiva. The term is sometimes used in connection with smoothing of a root surface or ROOT PLANING. (Jablonski; Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982)	Gingival Curettage,Periodontal Epithelial Debridement,Curettage, Gingival,Curettage, Subgingival,Curettages, Gingival,Curettages, Subgingival,Debridement, Periodontal Epithelial,Debridements, Periodontal Epithelial,Epithelial Debridement, Periodontal,Epithelial Debridements, Periodontal,Gingival Curettages,Periodontal Epithelial Debridements,Subgingival Curettages
D013499	Surface Properties	Characteristics or attributes of the outer boundaries of objects, including molecules.	Properties, Surface,Property, Surface,Surface Property
D014092	Tooth Root	The part of a tooth from the neck to the apex, embedded in the alveolar process and covered with cementum. A root may be single or divided into several branches, usually identified by their relative position, e.g., lingual root or buccal root. Single-rooted teeth include mandibular first and second premolars and the maxillary second premolar teeth. The maxillary first premolar has two roots in most cases. Maxillary molars have three roots. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p690)	Root, Tooth,Roots, Tooth,Tooth Roots
D014465	Ultrasonics	A subfield of acoustics dealing in the radio frequency range higher than acoustic SOUND waves (approximately above 20 kilohertz). Ultrasonic radiation is used therapeutically (DIATHERMY and ULTRASONIC THERAPY) to generate HEAT and to selectively destroy tissues. It is also used in diagnostics, for example, ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; and ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, to visually display echoes received from irradiated tissues.	Ultrasonic