title: Modification of clinical usage of periodontal curettes.
abstract: Periodontal curettes are used extensively for root preparation in periodontal therapy. The traditional method of root scaling and planing is found in standard periodontics textbooks. A modification of the clinical usage of peridontal curettes that might be useful to clinicians in daily dental practice is described.
authors.affiliation: National Cheng-Kung University Medical Center, Tainan, 70428, Taiwan.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Tseng
mesh_terms: D012534:Dental Scaling / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D010514:Periodontal Pocket / Q000601:surgery; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000601:surgery