The Importance of Effective Scaling and Root Planing
High-quality instrumentation in addition to good self-care, appropriate re-evaluations, and additional treatment are key components of a successful periodontal treatment regimen.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
After reading this course, the participant should be able to:
- Explain the roles of subgingival calculus and biofilm in persistent periodontal inflammation.
- Discuss the limits to traditional, blind scaling and root planing (SRP).
- Identify determination criteria and approaches to therapy for sites that fail to respond adequately to traditional, blind SRP.
This course was issued in August 2021 and expires August 2024. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.
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