Unit 1: Assessment Instruments (6h 37m)
This unit consists of 12 lessons on the fundamentals of periodontal assessment. It begins with preparation for instrumentation practice followed by detailed instruction on the use of the periodontal probe, the ODU 11-12 explorer, the 3A explorer, mobility testing and the Nabors furcation probes. Grasp, positions, fulcrums and techniques for all six sextants of the mouth are also demonstrated for all instruments.
Unit 1: Assessment Instruments - Closed Captioned (6h 35m)
Unit 2: Scaling Instruments (7h 29m)
This unit consists of 12 lessons on the fundamentals of periodontal scaling beginning with preparation for instrumentation practice, a comparison of hand and ultrasonic instrumentation strokes, the use of the anterior and posterior sickles, the universal curet and the Gracey curets. Detailed lessons demonstrate the grasp, positions, fulcrums and techniques for all instruments on all six sextants of the mouth.
