Step-by-step demonstrative video how to resharpen periodontal instruments using hand stones.
Watch a video demonstrating how to sharpen periodontal hand instruments – sickles scalers, universal curettes and Gracey curettes – with hand stones.
Instruments used in video to present the instrument types
- Mini Sickle for how to sharpen sickle scalers
- Curette 15-16 for how to sharpen universal curettes
- Gracey 11-12 for how to sharpen Gracey finishing curettes
Periodontal instrument blade designs
It is essential to preserve the different periodontal instrument designs and model characteristics while resharpening to enable treatment specific and efficient calculus removal.
When sharpening with a hand stone pay extra attention to the lower shank, the face, and the cutting edge.
Read more about periodontal instrument characteristics.
