Technical terms about prevention and oral hygiene beginning with K

Caries – Destruction of the hard tooth tissue by acids that bacteria form from sugar. It begins as a white spot and only hurts late. Plaque Fluoride Sugar

Concrements – Hard, dark deposits below the gum line. Unlike tartar they sit out of sight and can only be removed with special instruments. Tartar Periodontal pocket cleaning

Chalky teeth – Everyday word for MIH. See MIH. MIH

Curette – Hand instrument with a rounded cutting edge, shaped for cleaning below the gum line. Anyone working by hand feels whether the root surface has become smooth – no device achieves that. Scaler Periodontal pocket cleaning Periodontal pocket