Slim scaler tip design maintains healthy tooth substance, Finds study
Researchers have recently found out that slim scaler tip design causes less tooth substance loss compared to a wider scaler tip design, as published in the BMC Oral Health Journal.
The influence of scaler tip design on root surface roughness, tooth substance loss and patients' pain perception is investigated.
Hence, Nur Ayman Abdul Hayei and colleagues from the Department of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia conducted the present study to assess the influence of scaler tip design on root surface roughness, tooth substance loss and patients' pain perception.
All sectioned samples for tooth surface roughness (n = 20) and tooth substance loss (n = 46) analyses were measured and compared using a 3D surface texture analyser and scanning electron microscope (SEM) respectively, at baseline and following scaling.
The pain perception was analyzed through a split mouth study design which included a total of 30 participants with gingivitis and/or mild chronic periodontitis; treated with supra-gingival scaling from teeth #13 to #23.
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