Treatment for the prevention of periodontal diseases or other dental diseases by the cleaning of the teeth in the dental office using the procedures of DENTAL SCALING and DENTAL POLISHING. The treatment may include plaque detection, removal of supra- and subgingival plaque and calculus, application of caries-preventing agents, checking of restorations and prostheses and correcting overhanging margins and proximal contours of restorations, and checking for signs of food impaction.
    

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For a different kind of dentistry try Smilepod : price menu / Smilepod.

Ethics, jurisprudence, and history for the dental hygienist / Wilma E. Motley.

Improving dental practice through preventive measures / edited by Joseph L. Bernier, Joseph C. Muhler.

Clinical dental hygiene / Shailer Peterson.

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For a different kind of dentistry try Smilepod : price menu / Smilepod.

Ethics, jurisprudence, and history for the dental hygienist / Wilma E. Motley.

Improving dental practice through preventive measures / edited by Joseph L. Bernier, Joseph C. Muhler.

Clinical dental hygiene / Shailer Peterson.