Hand and ultrasonic instrumentation in the treatment of chronic periodontitis after supragingival plaque control Instrumentação manual e ultra-sônica no tratamento da periodontite crônica após controle de placa supragengival
This study compared the clinical effects of hand or ultrasonic scaling and root planing on the treatment of chronic periodontitis. After supragingival plaque control, twenty patients were examined by a blinded and calibrated examiner for probing pocket depth (PPD), clinical attachment level (CAL) an...
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| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica
2005-03-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Oral Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242005000100008 |