The toothbrush-shaped ultrasound transducer enables less intrusive gum disease screening, delivering accurate measurements ...

A new toothbrush-shaped ultrasound tool could replace painful gum probing at dental visits, making check-ups more comfortable ...

Going to the dentist often means enduring an uncomfortable poke around your gums with a sharp metal tool. This process, known ...

Researchers have developed a toothbrush-shaped ultrasound transducer that can be used to create ultrasound images of a ...

When visiting the dentist, you might remember being poked and prodded by a thin metal instrument to check your teeth and gums ...

Researchers publishing in ACS Sensors report a toothbrush-shaped ultrasound transducer that can provide a less invasive ...

Researchers have discovered in a new study that bad oral health during the periodontal stage can raise the possibility of ...

Jack Ohman came to Yale with big-league pedigree. After scuffling to get hitters out in his first few weeks, he knew he needed a new pitch. “I was struggling in the fall, and still struggling in ...

Periodontal probing measures the depths of six areas of each tooth in the potential space between the gum tissue and the tooth. In a healthy mouth, probing depths are between zero and three ...

Most plans require more than the standard periodontal chart, with pocket probing depths of 4 mm to 5 mm and clinical notes stating bone loss to approve the claim. If you bill for a quadrant of root ...