# Evaluation of Root Roughness and Smear Layer Formation Using Conventional and Contemporary Dental Curettes

> **NCT04216966** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Dow University of Health Sciences** · enrollment: 120 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Dental Calculus

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Control group
- **DEVICE:** Gracey Curette
- **DEVICE:** After Five
- **DEVICE:** Mini Five

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04216966
- **Lead sponsor:** Dow University of Health Sciences
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2018-03-07
- **Primary completion:** 2018-10-07
- **Final completion:** 2018-10-07
- **Target enrollment:** 120 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2020-01-07

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04216966

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04216966, "Evaluation of Root Roughness and Smear Layer Formation Using Conventional and Contemporary Dental Curettes". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-15 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04216966. Licensed CC0.

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