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  2. Periodontal examination - Wikipedia

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    It is routinely carried out in dentistry and allied specialties. Many different techniques are used around the world. A report by World Health Organization in 1978 led to the creation of the Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN) and a periodontal probe termed WHO 621 ("Trintity"). It has a ball end of diameter 0.5 mm and a ...

  3. Staining - Wikipedia

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    Staining is a technique used to enhance contrast in samples, generally at the microscopic level. Stains and dyes are frequently used in histology (microscopic study of biological tissues ), in cytology (microscopic study of cells ), and in the medical fields of histopathology , hematology , and cytopathology that focus on the study and ...

  4. Vital stain - Wikipedia

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    While in supravital staining the living cells take up the stain, in "vital staining" – the most accepted but apparently paradoxical meaning of this term, the living cells exclude the stain i.e. stain negatively and only the dead cells stain positively and thus viability can be assessed by counting the percentage of total cells that stain ...

  5. Atraumatic restorative treatment - Wikipedia

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    The students, supervised by the doctors, carry out the examination and treatment in a well-lit classroom or outside in the school premises. While the children are waiting for treatment, they are given oral health education by the dental students. ART is carried out on about 25-30 children on one visit.

  6. Disclosing tablets - Wikipedia

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    Unicolor plaque disclosing tablet Tricolor plaque disclosing gel—before and after. Disclosing tablets are chewable tablets that make dental plaque visible.. The tablets, sold over the counter in many countries, contain a dye (typically a vegetable dye, such as Phloxine B) that stains the plaque a bright color (typically red or blue).

  7. Hall Technique - Wikipedia

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    The Hall Technique is a minimally-invasive treatment for decayed baby back teeth. Decay is sealed under preformed ( stainless steel ) crowns , avoiding injections and drilling. It is one of a number of biologically oriented strategies for managing dental decay .

  8. Immunostaining - Wikipedia

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    Immunohistochemistry or IHC staining of tissue sections (or immunocytochemistry, which is the staining of cells), is perhaps the most commonly applied immunostaining technique. [2] While the first cases of IHC staining used fluorescent dyes (see immunofluorescence ), other non-fluorescent methods using enzymes such as peroxidase (see ...

  9. Inlays and onlays - Wikipedia

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    Inlays and onlays may also be fabricated out of porcelain and delivered the same day utilizing techniques and technologies relating to CAD/CAM dentistry. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] A systemic review found that the most common cause of onlay failure is ceramic fracture, followed by ceramic de-bonding from the tooth structure, and the occurrence of secondary ...