Dental Hygiene |
Ultra sonic and hand scaling03/14/2008 |
What is the latest standard of practice for prophy? Hand scale then ulrasonic or ultrasonic then hand scale?
It is typically ultrasonic, then hand scaling, then maybe some follow up with the ultrasonic. It is up to the practitioner.
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Michele P Carr, RDH, MA Associate Professor of Dental Hygiene Associate Professor of HS Nursing Quality & Research College of Dentistry The Ohio State University |