Featured SRP Articles

Be sharp! Is your hygienist on the cutting edge? - DentistryIQ
... Imagine trying to remove hard, crusty debris with scaling and root planing (SRP) from a tooth root beneath ulcerated, infected soft tissue using dull curettes. ...

The Perioscopy System, Part 3: Case studies by Dr. David ...
... Dental Study Club. He is committed to having his hygienists use the Perioscope for all root planing since 2009. Shelly Andreoli, RDH ...

How to keep your hygiene room booked and productive - DentistryIQ
... the continuing care report (recall report) on a regular basis, you can also follow up on patients who have unscheduled scaling and root planing treatment to ...

The role of nutraceuticals and periodontal disease - DentistryIQ
... Many times hygienists that treat periodontal patients with scaling and root planing see the patients’ periodontal condition deteriorate in the first year or ...

Emerging indications: antioxidants for periodontal disease ...
... Root planing, scaling, and in severe cases, surgical intervention are part of the standard treatment for periodontitis, and antibiotics are used for infection ...

New treatments for periodontal disease - DentistryIQ
... investigated the efficacy of a 1% ALN gel compared to a placebo gel as a local drug delivery system as an adjunct to scaling and root planing (SRP) for the ...

Strategic retention of an ailing premolar with severe ...
... Fig. 2 — This view is taken after root planing. The lesion is a combined 1-2 wall that extends from the distal to the palate. ...

Year-over-year comparison of dental restorations and related ...
... following: ** Anterior and posterior composites. ** Oral exams, prophies, and periodontal SRP. ** Amalgams. ** Crowns. ** Veneers. Note ...

Systemic antibiotics in the treatment of periodontal disease ...
... metronidazole ranged .2 mm to 1.2 mm difference from SRP alone (0.43 mm to 2.45 mm). Metronidazole with amoxicillin after scaling and root planing in patients ...

Perio Protect to hold annual meeting - DentistryIQ
... It combines prescription Perio Tray delivery of doctor-selected medication with SRP or laser therapies, and with surgery when necessary. ...

2011 Houston metropolitan area dental hygiene salaries and ...
... Dentists do not seem to appreciate how much dental hygienists produce for the office with the increased number of SRP's done by hygienists. ...

Instrument cassettes -- efficient, safe, and economical ...
... Then design the instrument setup for the most common procedures, such as composite and/or amalgam restorations, crown and bridge, scaling and root planing, etc ...

Keeping Track of Daily Practice Numbers - DentistryIQ
... how to adjust the budget. If patients accept only prophies and not scaling and root planing, find out why. If patients are not doing ...

Perio Protect Orkos Award for Excellence presented - DentistryIQ
... By following the home-care protocol with the tray and medication, the patient not only avoided surgery, but avoided extensive scaling and root planing. ...

Oral antioxidants: a weapon in wound healing - DentistryIQ
... ProVantage. Case 1: Following the baseline photo, the patient completed six sessions of scaling and root planing over 180 days. The ...

Be sharp! Is your hygienist on the cutting edge? - DentistryIQ
... Imagine trying to remove hard, crusty debris with scaling and root planing (SRP) from a tooth root beneath ulcerated, infected soft tissue using dull curettes. ...

New treatments for periodontal disease - DentistryIQ
... investigated the efficacy of a 1% ALN gel compared to a placebo gel as a local drug delivery system as an adjunct to scaling and root planing (SRP) for the ...

Year-over-year comparison of dental restorations and related ...
... following: ** Anterior and posterior composites. ** Oral exams, prophies, and periodontal SRP. ** Amalgams. ** Crowns. ** Veneers. Note ...