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It's not a paperclip thing and it's not new. It's a sterile instrument specifically intended for that purpose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodontal_probe
by russdill 9y ago
It's not a paperclip thing and it's not new. It's a sterile instrument specifically intended for that purpose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodontal_probe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodontal_probe
- geoelectric 9y agoHe's saying you can autoinoculate the patient from one pocket to another by using the same probe across your mouth without sterilizing between teeth. It might hasten the spread of periodontitis to areas of the gums it might not have spread to otherwise. Translation only, I have no data here aside from that my hygienist does seem to use the same probe without doing much between teeth when my gums are measured this way.
- russdill 9y agoIt's been researched: http://www.rdhmag.com/articles/print/volume-24/issue-9/columns/periodontics/moving-bacteria-around.html http://www.rdhmag.com/articles/print/volume-24/issue-9/colum... Bacteria already have a great chance to move around the mouth. Healthy pockets are healthy not because they haven't been exposed to bacteria, but because they are place bacteria can't get a foothold.