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A new method to assess damaging effects on the gingival tissues of non‐surgical instrumentation
Author(s) -
Walsh T. F.,
Walmsley A. D.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of clinical periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.456
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1600-051X
pISSN - 0303-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1991.tb00073.x
Subject(s) - instrumentation (computer programming) , ultrasonic sensor , dentistry , biomedical engineering , in vivo , materials science , medicine , radiology , computer science , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , operating system
A method of assessing the damaging effects of non‐surgical instrumentation was developed. To test the technique, the effect of cavitational activity in the water supply of an ultrasonic sealer was investigated in an in vivo situation. Using a replication technique for the scanning electron microscope, it was shown that the water supply of the ultrasonic sealer caused superficial disruption of the surface of the gingiva, distant from the area of damage caused by mechanical contact. The results indicated that further investigations of this phenomenon using the technique were required.