Morphological studies of changes in dental hard tissues following different methods of dental deposit removal.

Abstract

To study structural changes in hard tooth tissues after manual, ultrasonic, and sonic methods of removing dental deposits and identifying the most rational method for various supragingival deposits. Eight patients with supragingival deposits were examined, and eight teeth planned for extraction due to orthodontic or surgical indications: three teeth with dental plaque, three with mineralized deposits, and two with smoker’s plaque. Of the three patients with dental plaque, one underwent manual scaling, another ultrasonic scaling, and the third sonic scaling. Similarly, among the three patients with dental calculus, manual, ultrasonic, and sonic scaling were performed. In the two patients with smoker’s plaque, ultrasonic and sonic scaling were applied. After tooth extraction, morphological studies were conducted.