⭐ GINGIVAL CURETTAGE📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹 Gingival curettage – Surgical procedure designed to remove the soft tissue lining of the periodontal pocket with a curette, leaving only gingival connective tissue lining. 🔹Inadvertent curettage – Curettage which is done unintentionally when scaling and root planing procedure is performed. 🔹Subgingival curettage – Procedure that is performed apical to the epithelial attachment, severing the connective tissue attachment down to the osseous crest.🔹The major disadvantage of gingival curettage procedure is limited access, especially in deep, tortuous and infrabony pockets. 🔹 While performing curettage, Gracey curette No. 11–12…
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