Single Topic #3 from February 2026, Volume 19 Issue 2

Hand-scaling, Piezo, and Magnetostrictive: Knowing When to Use What

A practical clinical guide to choosing hand scaling, piezoelectric, or magnetostrictive instrumentation, explaining when each method works best and how a blended approach delivers the most efficient, thorough calculus removal.

• Gordon’s Clinical Observations
• Hand Scaling and Ultrasonic Scaling
• Differences Between Magnetostrictive and Piezoelectric
• Hand Scalers
• Gordon’s Clinical Observations

This is one article from the February 2026 issue of Clinicians Report. For the full issue, please go to February 2026.

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