Biomaterial Database

The use of hand instruments in supportive periodontal treatment. 1996

A M Pattison

Department of Dental Hygiene, University of Southern California, School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, USA.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010510	Periodontal Diseases	Pathological processes involving the PERIODONTIUM including the gum (GINGIVA), the alveolar bone (ALVEOLAR PROCESS), the DENTAL CEMENTUM, and the PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT.	Parodontosis,Pyorrhea Alveolaris,Disease, Periodontal,Diseases, Periodontal,Parodontoses,Periodontal Disease
D010514	Periodontal Pocket	An abnormal extension of a gingival sulcus accompanied by the apical migration of the epithelial attachment and bone resorption.	Pocket, Periodontal,Periodontal Pockets,Pockets, Periodontal
D010517	Periodontics	A dental specialty concerned with the histology, physiology, and pathology of the tissues that support, attach, and surround the teeth.	Periodontal Medicine,Medicine, Periodontal,Medicines, Periodontal,Periodontal Medicines,Periodontic
D012008	Recurrence	The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission.	Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D003762	Dental Instruments	Hand-held tools or implements especially used by dental professionals for the performance of clinical tasks.	Instrument, Dental,Dental Instrument,Instruments, Dental
D004867	Equipment Design	Methods and patterns of fabricating machines and related hardware.	Design, Equipment,Device Design,Medical Device Design,Design, Medical Device,Designs, Medical Device,Device Design, Medical,Device Designs, Medical,Medical Device Designs,Design, Device,Designs, Device,Designs, Equipment,Device Designs,Equipment Designs
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
D016745	Root Planing	A procedure for smoothing of the roughened root surface or cementum of a tooth after subgingival curettage or scaling, as part of periodontal therapy.	Planing, Root,Planings, Root,Root Planings
D017823	Furcation Defects	Conditions in which a bifurcation or trifurcation of the molar tooth root becomes denuded as a result of periodontal disease. It may be followed by tooth mobility, temperature sensitivity, pain, and alveolar bone resorption.	Defect, Furcation,Defects, Furcation,Furcation Defect