Understanding Curettes in Periodontal Therapy: A Comprehensive Review

Abstract

This article gives a detailed description of the periodontal curettes. The curettes are mainly used for the subgingival removal of calculus. These curettes are classified into the universal curettes and area specific curettes. Universal curettes seem to used for all surfaces, while the area specific curettes are used for specific areas. We also go through the parts of instruments. Knowing the parts of instrument is really needed for the clinician to know about the hand grips. This article also dealt with the classification of instruments to show under which category the curette comes. Then we move on to the detailed description of the curettes both area specific and the universal curette. Their clinical uses are also explained very well so that we could get a specific knowledge about them. The designing of curettes are given so that why they are given specific function can be identified. They are differentiated from the scalers to know about specificity of the instrument