10/6/15

curettage, dental

The curettage, dental - The scraping of a cavity or other dental surface with a curette (a narrow, spoonshaped instrument).

Dental curettage is one method used to remove the lining of periodontal pockets and diseased tissue from root surfaces in periodontitis. This enables the healthy underlying tissue to reattach itself to the root surface.

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