Dental Ultrasonic Scaler

A dental ultrasonic scaler is a powered instrument that removes plaque, calculus, and deposits from tooth surfaces, supporting efficient periodontal cleaning and oral health care. Its handpiece converts electrical energy into high-frequency mechanical vibrations through piezoelectric or magnetostrictive components, while a water spray cools the tip and helps flush loosened debris from the treatment area. In bioengineering, dental ultrasonic scalers illustrate how electromechanical energy conversion, precision tool design, fluid flow, and tissue-safe operating conditions combine in a clinical device. Their development supports more effective instrumentation, improved ergonomics, and continued innovation in minimally invasive dental treatment.

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JoVE Journal - Behavior

Roughness Impact of Piezoelectric Dental Scaler on Two Distinct Flowable Composite Filling Materials

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2025

This methodology allows applying a dental appliance on any specimen at any angle with standardized force and stability. This approach might be extensively used in health sciences to standardize the impacts of dental equipment with hand-holding elements such as micromotors, turbines, and ultrasonic scalers on varied surfaces.

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JoVE Core - Mechanical Engineering

Introduction to Scalers

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2023

Many familiar physical quantities can be specified completely by giving a single number and the appropriate unit. For example, "a class period lasts 50 min," or "the gas tank in my car holds 65 L," or "the distance between the two posts is 100 m." A physical quantity that can be specified completely in this manner is called a scalar quantity. The word "scalar" is a synonym for "number." Time, mass, distance, length, volume, temperature, and energy are some examples of scalar quantities. Scalar...

Accuracy in Dental Medicine, A New Way to Measure Trueness and Precision

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Cited by 65 •

2014

Accuracy is a major demand in dental medicine. To verify accuracy, reference scanners are needed. This article presents a new reference scanner with an adjusted scanning method to acquire a broad variety of dental morphologies with high trueness and precision.

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JoVE Journal - Neuroscience
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Assessment of Ultrasonic Vocalizations During Drug Self-administration in Rats

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Cited by 17 •

2010

Drug self-administration and ultrasonic vocalizations (USV) are used as behavioral assessments in animal research, but rarely in combination. The purpose of this article is to describe the advantages of recording USVs during drug self-administration procedures to assess affective responses to drug experience.

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JoVE Journal - Neuroscience
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Targeted Training of Ultrasonic Vocalizations in Aged and Parkinsonian Rats

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Cited by 31 •

2011

Voice disorders are debilitating in aging and Parkinson disease. The ultrasonic vocalizations of rats, also affected by these conditions, can be used to study these voice disorders, their neural substrates, and the nature of functional recovery with behavioral intervention.

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