Excellent oral healthcare will help pets live longer, healthier lives.

Clinicians should consider the design of the sickle when deciding upon its use.

Choosing the right instrument and implementing the appropriate technique to scaling terminal distal surfaces are key.

Knowing when it’s time to replace ultrasonic inserts/tips is integral to successful instrumentation.

Detecting subgingival calculus deposits is key to ensuring periodontal health.

Learn how to improve the effectiveness of your power instrumentation during initial periodontal therapy, prophylaxis, and periodontal maintenance.

Is the use of soft tissue diode lasers by dental hygienists considered the standard of care in the treatment of periodontally involved patients (eg, to reduce the number of colony-forming units of pathogenic bacteria in pockets)?

The use of the dental endoscope in nonsurgical treatment of peri-implantitis can improve patient outcomes.

Clinicians must be able to gain access and remove all deposits from the base of the pocket in order to control disease and prevent probing depths from increasing.

Site-specific ultrasonic instrumentation is key to achieving effective periodontal maintenance and supporting periodontal health.