Roger V. Stambaugh, DMD, MS, MSEd, FACD, is in private practice dedicated to periodontics and implantology in Burlington, Wash. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and former director of Graduate Periodontics at the University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Los Angeles. Stambaugh is also a Dimensions of Dental Hygiene Editorial Advisory Board member.
The dental endoscope creates the opportunity for successful periodontal therapy and offers the dental hygienist a tool to aid in definitive scaling and root planing.