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Descriptor English: Root Planing
Descriptor Spanish: Aplanamiento de la Raíz
Descriptor aplanamiento de la raíz
Scope note: Procedimiento para alisar la rugosidad de la superficie de la raíz o del cemento de un diente tras una cura o raspado subgingival, como parte del tratamiento periodontal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Aplainamento Radicular
Descriptor French: Surfaçage radiculaire
Entry term(s): Planing, Root
Planings, Root
Root Planings
Tree number(s): E06.721.189.350.650
E06.721.874.650
E06.761.227.350.650
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016745
Scope note: A procedure for smoothing of the roughened root surface or cementum of a tooth after subgingival curettage or scaling, as part of periodontal therapy.
Annotation: do not confuse with ROOT SCALING see DENTAL SCALING
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Tooth Root (1966-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
DeCS ID: 29835
Unique ID: D016745
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/04/29
Root Planing - Preferred
Concept UI M0025502
Scope note A procedure for smoothing of the roughened root surface or cementum of a tooth after subgingival curettage or scaling, as part of periodontal therapy.
Preferred term Root Planing
Entry term(s) Planing, Root
Planings, Root
Root Planings



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