Instrument Designs with Root Anatomy 

 

This powerful, high-impact workshop for Dental Hygienists will focus on innovative solution driven approaches to the inevitable challenges encountered when providing mechanical non-surgical periodontal therapy. Each participant will have the opportunity to individually examine the operating features and design characteristics of some of the newest and most advanced periodontal debridement devices available today.

We will concentrate on the current trend toward the use of powered scalers to increase productivity and profitability, and to decrease physical stress and strain for both you, as the clinician, and your patients. You will learn how to select the most appropriate magnetostrictive ultrasonic inserts and piezoelectric tips for maximum effectiveness and ease in debriding the areas most frequently missed due to challenging root anatomy. You will derive greater results by combining new magnetostrictive inserts and/or piezoelectric tips with various hand instruments to provide the perfect fit.

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, the participants will be able to:

1. Describe the features and benefits and of the technology available in both magnetostrictive and piezoelectric units.
2. Analyze ergonomically designed hand instruments, magnetostrictive ultrasonic inserts, and piezoelectric tips.
3. Cite ergonomic guidelines to ""neutralize"" occupationally-related musculoskeletal stressors.
4. Describe the important features and selected areas of use for each of the following:
     a. Gracey Finishing Curettes
     b. After Five Curettes
     c. Mini Five Curettes
     d. Rigid Gracey Curettes
     e. Universal Curettes
     f. Ultrasonic Inserts
         i. Magnetostrictive inserts
         ii. Piezoelectric tips
5. Describe the most common clinical challenges presented by anatomical configurations of various teeth.
6. Select hand instruments, magnetostrictive inserts, and piezoelectric tips with regard to the objective of the clinical procedure and the challenges of the root formations and clinical crowns.
7. Demonstrate the technique for use of hand instruments, magnetostrictive inserts, and piezoelectric tips.

The focus of this ""hands-on"" workshop is to provide an interactive forum to meet the needs of the participants. This session will be conducted in a relaxed, informal atmosphere to encourage an exchange of ideas, concerns, experiences and questions from the attendees utilizing this outline.

1. Ultrasonic Scalers for Periodontal Therapy – Histories and Technologies
     a. Magnetostrictive
     b. Piezoelectric

2. Ultrasonic Scaler designs and sources of power
     a. Magnetostrictive
         i. Supragingival Insert Designs
         ii. Subgingival Insert Designs
     b. Piezoelectric Handpiece and tip designs
         i. Supragingival tip designs
         ii. Subgingival tip designs
3. Hand Instrument Designs 
     a. ""Anatomical"" features: Handle, shank, working end
     b. Gracey Finishing Curettes
     c. Universal Curettes
     d. Sickle Scalers 
     e. DiamondTec
     f. Nabors Periodontal Furcation Probe
4. Root Configurations that cause Clinical Complications
     a. Cervical Line formations – CEJ area
     b. Line Angles
     c. Root depressions and longitudinal grooves
     d. Furcations