TOPIC: DENTAL CALCULUS📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Reversal phenomenon is the decline from maximal calculus accumulation. It is due to vulnerability of bulky calculus to mechanical wear from food, cheeks, lips and tongue. 🔹Calculus can also occur readily in germ free animals. 🔹Calculocementum is the calculus embedded deeply in the cementum and which appears morphologically similar to cementum. 🔹Calculus is the most prominent plaque retentive factor and is a secondary etiologic factor for periodontitis.🔹It can also occur readily in germ-free animals.
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