NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 11, 2025 / If you've encountered swelling, bleeding or pain in your gums, you may have developed periodontal disease. Also known as gum disease, this ...

Dental hygienists use scaling tools to remove plaque and tartar from teeth and gum line to help prevent or treat periodontal disease, better known as gingivitis. Dental scaling is not a surgical ...

Research suggests links between periodontal disease and rheumatoid arthritis, so might scaling and root planing reduce signs of both diseases in patients with both conditions? To find out, ...

Question: Does intra-pocket anaesthesia compared to a placebo influence the pain during probing or SRP in adult patients? The authors used VAS and Heft-Parker scale to measure pain intensity and ...

We all know that treatment plans are a list of proposed procedures and treatments that must be presented to patients in a way they understand and agree to. Usually, the dentist or hygienist introduces ...

Teeth scaling, also known as dental scaling, takes things to the next level in terms of tackling plaque buildup. It's an in-office dental procedure that uses sharp instruments (which are best used by ...

When plaque and hardened tartar build up around and below the gumline, regular brushing may not be enough to remove them.

A pilot study is small and lacks the power to recommend changes in clinical practice. A larger multi-centre study may be the solution. The results from this study promise the possibility of reducing ...