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. 2021 Dec 14;21:616. doi: 10.1186/s12909-021-03064-1

Table 1.

Scaling operation score sheet

Scoring items Score
Preparation
Preoperative preparation
  Dress neatly, asepsis, necessary preoperative instructions 3
  Choosing right instruments including periodontal probe and scaler 7
Operation posture
  Sit up straightly and stablely 2
  The patient's jaw plane is located at or below the elbow 2
  Adjust the position according to different teeth position 2
  Use of oroscope in the exploration of lingual and palatal side 2
  Adjustment of lights in different positions 2
Intraoperative operation
Holding
  Improved writing style 5
  Combined fulcrum 5
Fulcrum
  Alternate use of intraoral and extraoral fulcrum 2
  No slippage of instrument 2
  Fulcrum moves with the change of teeth position 2
Periodontal probing
  The angle of proximal surface probing 5
  The angle of lip and palate probing 5
  The way of buccal probing 5
  The order of probing 5
  Correct record 6
Supragingival scaling
  Probing and recording of subgingival calculus 6
  80 ° angle between blade and tooth surface 5
  Wrist force 5
  Direction of force 5
  Remove the calculus in one piece 6
  Continuity of scaling 5
  Probe inspection after scaling 6
Total 100