NON SURGICAL INSTRUMENTATION SHARPENING
PART 1 THEORETICAL PART • Advantages of a good sharpening technique • When to sharpen • Review of the topology of scalers and curettes • Materials and techniques for sharpening • Most common errors • Q&A PART 2 PRACTICE ON TYPODONTS • Stones and semi-mechanical tools • Checking techniques • Sharpening stone-motion manual technique for scalers and curettes Why should we still choose hand instruments that can be sharpened?
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Objective: after the course, the students will understand why sharpening is essential to best perform clinically and make the life of one’s instrument much longer. The students will be able to choose the tools to perform sharpening (stones, manual vs semiautomatic), the stone- moving technique to sharpen scalers and curettes, the methods to check if the instrument is sharp and the most common errors while sharpening.
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