Curettes are used for the subgingival removal of dental deposits and for root planing. They can also be used supragingivally. The working tip of a curette is more slender than that of a scaler.
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Curette
//kjʊˈɹɛt//
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27 translations across 19 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مِجْرَفة noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
- مِكْشَطة noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
Bulgarian
1 entries- кюрета noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
Catalan
2 entries- cullereta noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
- cureta noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
Czech
1 entries- kyreta noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
Dutch
1 entries- curette noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
Estonian
1 entries- kürett noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
Finnish
3 entries- kaavin noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
- kyretti noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
- kaapia verb (to scrape with a curette)
French
1 entries- curette noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
German
1 entries- Kürette noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
Greek
1 entries- ξέστρο noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
Ido
1 entries- kureto noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
Indonesian
1 entries- kuret noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
Italian
1 entries- curette noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
Japanese
3 entries- キュレット noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
- キューレット noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
- 掻爬器 noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
Macedonian
1 entries- кирета noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
Polish
1 entries- łyżeczkować verb (to scrape with a curette)
Portuguese
2 entries- cureta noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
- curetar verb (to scrape with a curette)
Russian
1 entries- кюре́тка noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
Spanish
2 entries- legra noun (surgical instrument used for cleaning tissue)
- legrar verb (to scrape with a curette)
Sample sentences
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Beginning in the 1880s, the curette quickly became the popular choice for those doctors on the lookout for instrumental aid in cases of pregnancy loss.
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2020, Yu Matsumoto, 10: Bone Curette Handle for Improved Bone Removal in Endoscopic Ear Surgery, Seiji Kakehata, Tsukasa Ito, Daisuke Yamauchi (editors), Innovations in Endoscopic Ear Surgery, Springer, page 86, Curettes with an octagonal-shaped shaft are readily available and widely distributed in Japan.
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