If your patient has healthy gingival tissue, probe readings…

If your patient has healthy gingival tissue, probe readings at or under 3 mm, no recession, no bleeding on probing, and light calculus on the lingual surface of the lower anterior teeth and facial of maxillary posterior teeth, which of the following instruments would you not need in the treatment setup?

There is too much supragingival and subgingival calculus pre…

There is too much supragingival and subgingival calculus present in a patient’s mouth for the clinician to remove in a single appointment. Since all the calculus deposits cannot be removed in one appointment, what is the best manner for the clinician to proceed with calculus removal?