Surgical debridement

Open gingival curettage is a dental technique for cleaning large periodontal pockets with a depth of more than 4 mm, during which the gingival area is exfoliated in the operating area to access and clean the pathological contents from under the gums.

The procedure is a kind of patchwork operations, it takes several hours, after which the patient must follow certain medical recommendations for several days. Open gingival curettage in a dental clinic is most often performed manually using special tools, but in difficult situations it requires the use of additional mechanical devices: a laser device, a Vector device, etc.