CARE •
Gracey Curettes
Originally designed to be finishing curettes for fine scaling and root planing, Gracey Curettes were developed in the 1940’s by Dr. Clayton Gracey in coordination with Hugo Friedman, the founder of Hu-Friedy. Each Gracey blade is offset at 70˚and has one cutting edge—the lower edge. The combination of this unique blade and 9 different shank designs for specific tooth surfaces provide improved adaptation and deposit removal in scaling procedures.
lingual/labial
MAXILLA
Using the Gracey Curettes Site specific cleaning, colour coded for easy identification
palatal
buccal / vestibular
buccal / vestibular
Every tooth surface can be cleaned with a corresponding color-coded gracey curette
buccal / vestibular
buccal / vestibular
lingual
MANDIBULAR
lingual/labial
70°
The Instrument The blade of a Gracey Curette is correctly adapted when the lower cutting edge is against the tooth, and the terminal shank is parallel to the tooth surface being scaled. Apply lateral pressure against the tooth (root) and pull upward, maintaining the parallel shank.
Toe
Face
Cutting Edge
Back
Lateral Surface
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