TOPIC: PERIODONTAL POCKET 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Periodontal pocket is pathologically deepened gingival sulcus.  🔹Periodontal pocket is a soft-tissue change, thus can not be detected during radiographic...

TOPIC: BONE DEFECTS 📌 POINTS TO PONDER  🔹 1.97 mm ± 33.16% is the distance between apical extent of calculus and alveolar crest.  🔹0.5–2.7 mm is the distance between attached plaque and alveolar...

TOPIC: DEFENSE MECHANISM OF GINGIVA 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Organulocytes are the living PMNs in saliva. 🔹Factors VIII, IX, X, plasma thromboplastin antecedent (PTA) and Hageman factor are the coagulation...

TOPIC: SPLINTING 📌 POINTS TO PONDER  📣 Ideal requirements of splints:  🔹Simple design  🔹Economical  🔹Stable and efficient  🔹Hygienic  🔹Non – irritating to the soft tissues  🔹Aesthetically acceptable ...

TOPIC: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF INSTRUMENTS 📌 POINTS TO PONDER  ✴️ Major difference between standard pen grasp and modified pen grasp: 🔹 In standard pen grasp, the side of the pad of middle finger rests...

TOPIC: PERIODONTAL INSTRUMENTS 📌 POINTS TO PONDER  🔹 A general rule for working end selection is that the lower shank should be parallel to the surface to be instrumented.  🔹 Instruments with straight...