In dentistry, calculus or tartar is a form of hardened dental plaque. It is caused by precipitation of minerals from saliva and gingival crevicular fluid...

debridement refers to the removal by dental cleaning of accumulations of plaque and calculus (tartar) in order to maintain dental health. Debridement may be performed...

Look up calculus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Calculus (from Latin calculus meaning ‘pebble’, plural calculī) in its most general sense is any method...

demineralization of the teeth (also known as dental caries) or harden into dental calculus (also known as tartar). Calculus cannot be removed through tooth brushing...

and animal bodies, like kidney stones and minerals on teeth. Bezoar Calculus (dental) Lithotomy Grases F.; Sanchis P.; Isern B.; Perelló J.; Costa-Bauzá...

therapy or deep cleaning, is a procedure involving removal of dental plaque and calculus (scaling or debridement) and then smoothing, or planing, of the...

central incisors, canines, and first premolars, and may be confused as dental calculus. Darker than the other incremental lines, the neonatal line is an incremental...

neck inspection, dental charting and taking blood pressure and pulse taking and developing dental radiographs (x-rays) removing calculus and plaque (hard...

been shown to improve dental health over and above the effects of the removal of plaque and calculus. Abrasives, like the dental polishing agents used...

Dental explorers, also known as sickle probes, are tools found in the dental arsenal that are frequently utilised. The explorer is designed with a sharp...