(n.) One who, or that which, scales; specifically, a dentist's instrument for removing tartar from the teeth.
Example Sentences:
(1) The titanium alloy strips were treated with citric acid, stannous fluoride, tetracycline HCl, chlorhexidine gluconate, hydrogen peroxide, chloramine T, sterile water, a plastic sonic scaler tip, and an air-powder abrasive unit.
(2) The factory sharpened scalers exhibited metallic extensions from the lateral surface (wire edges).
(3) Results demonstrate that during tooth cleaning direct contact between ultrasound and turbine-operated scalers and tooth and filling surfaces should be prevented.
(4) Investigators using the sonic scaler should indicate the type of scaling tip, the air pressure input, and the application load used to enable meaningful comparisons to be made between the results of different workers.
(5) An analog scaler was placed behind the PM-tubes to reduce dead-time loss.
(6) Consideration of the rationalized activity coefficient as a linear scaler in an expression for surface pressure as a function of depth in the surface phase permits comparison of surface pressure-area data for monolayers with force-distance data for bilayers.
(7) In each patient one side of the dentition was treated with the Sonicflex and the other with the Titan-S sonic scalers.
(8) Since the introduction of scalers in the beginning of the century for the mechanical removal of plaque, instruments with few major modifications are still in clinical use today.
(9) This study compared the effectiveness of two sonic and two ultrasonic scaler tips on artificial calculus removal from the furcations of mandibular first and second molars.
(10) When assessing clinical studies it is often difficult to interpret results from different workers due to the lack of standardization of the ultrasonic scaler.
(11) The clinical investigation included 66 periodontal pockets which were instrumented subgingivally for 10 and 30 s with ultrasonic or sonic scalers.
(12) It also supports the interpretation of the activity coefficient as a scaler and allows its determination solely from bilayer-derived data.
(13) for the magnetostrictive, piezoelectric, or air turbine sonic scalers.
(14) This study has shown that after waterline sterilization, the use of a sterile, disposable membrane filter can eliminate the microflora from the water of an ultrasonic scaler for up to 48 hours.
(15) Only a thin layer of root substance (11.6 microns) was removed by the ultrasonic scaler, compared to the much greater losses sustained with the airscaler (93.5 microns), the curette (108.9 microns) and the diamond bur (118.7 microns).
(16) Group 1; The cutting quality of both types of the scalers was same at 200 strokes.
(17) The oscillatory performance of the sonic scaler differed from that observed previously with ultrasonic scalers.
(18) These values were lower when turbin-operated scalers were used.
(19) The authors' preferred procedure for sharpening scalers and curettes is described in detail; powered rotary stones are used in grinding the sides of the blade.
(20) The ultrasonic scaler works by the vibratory chipping action of the oscillating tip and is assisted by the presence of cavitational activity in the associated cooling water.
Sealer
Definition:
(n.) One who seals; especially, an officer whose duty it is to seal writs or instruments, to stamp weights and measures, or the like.
(n.) A mariner or a vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.
Example Sentences:
(1) The cytotoxic effects on cultured rat bone cells of newly-developed root canal sealers and commercially available sealers were compared.
(2) The purpose of this study was to compare the level of apical dye penetration when different sealers were used.
(3) The purpose of this study was to examine a possible correlation between the eugenol released from a zinc oxide-eugenol sealer (Canals) and the degree of cytotoxicity.
(4) Therefore, Grossman's formula sealer altered dog pulp tissue and rendered it antigenically active, and a specific cell-mediated lymphocyte response was produced.
(5) discuss the problem of composition of root canal sealers; they precise the role and utility of single ingredients.
(6) Two obturation techniques were used with each sealer; the single gutta-percha point technique, and lateral condensation with multiple gutta-percha points.
(7) To compare, in vitro, the seal of Ti-Flex and GP cone obturations, to verify the adaptation of the Ti-Flex cone inside the obturated canal and to evaluate the density of the sealer material, eighty-two canals of freshly extracted teeth were manually prepared and obturated with corresponding Ti-Flex cones and with single GP cones.
(8) The application of a sealer prior to insertion of thixotropic and injection-capsule composites is, therefore, definitely indicated when these materials are used.
(9) In the experiments with the fresh sealers, AH26 and Diaket showed strong inhibitive effects on the DNA synthesis, whereas no such effects were noted with the new sealers and Sealapex.
(10) But the recent development of many new sealers makes necessary a detailed reexamination at this time.
(11) Guttapercha points with these sealers were applied in the premolar and molar tooth mesial or distal canals of 24 adult cats, whereas in controls guttapercha points with Canals, made commercially, were used instead of these sealers.
(12) All root canal sealers inhibited growth of both organisms.
(13) Dye penetrated through the material in the case of apatite root sealer TYPE III and FR.
(14) The powder component of Grossman's sealer, when mixed with eugenol or oil of pimento, had a significantly shorter setting time than did the powder component of Grossman's sealer mixed with oil of Melaleuca or Roth root canal cement mixed with eugenol, oil of pimento, or oil of Melaleuca.
(15) Four endodontic sealers were compared with two series of tests, in thin layer and in 10 mm long and 5 mm diameter rods.
(16) A reentry of the canal is performed eliminating the old obturating material, biomechanical preparation and obturation with sealer and thermo gutta-percha.
(17) Forty-eight hours later, the Sealite showed a very good tightness compared to the other sealers.
(18) Grossman's sealer, eucapercha, Endo-Fill, CRCS, Sealapex, Hypocal, and sterile saline solution (0.3 ml of each) were injected into specific dorsal subdermal tissue sites of 12 guinea pigs.
(19) Automated measurements of the radiographic density of the periapical area have been applied in a study of the effect of different endodontic sealers on the healing of apical periodontitis.
(20) An in vitro dye leakage study was performed to evaluate the sealing ability of the following retrofilling materials: high- and low-temperature injectable thermoplasticized gutta-percha with and without sealer, a glass ionomer cement, and amalgam with and without varnish.