Do-it-yourself Root planing and scaling

[dent22]

Is it possible?

I've managed to do quite a few other medical procedures on myself. And I have more confidence in myself than in the perio who has a tremor.

-Dave

 

[djeffreyt]

I'd be impressed if you could, but it's a relatively small and hard space to get light. If you could really root plane a posterior tooth with a 5+ mm pocket adequately, that would be fun to see...of course, studies seem to show only 50% of people can instrument such a pocket adequately anyway, so even if you failed, you'd still be only a coin flip away from the difference.

Is it possible?

I've managed to do quite a few other medical procedures on myself. And I have more confidence in myself than in the perio who has a tremor.

-Dave
http://www.berkshirecard.com

 

[aphistis]

Go see a dentist. And please refrain from commercial advertising in your SDN posts. Thank you.