debridement
IPA: dˈɛbrˈaɪdmʌnt
noun
- (medicine) The removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue.
- (dentistry) The removal of the dental tartar that has accumulated over teeth, typically done using hand tools and ultrasound instruments.
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Examples of "debridement" in Sentences
- The FDA has approved maggot debridement.
- Osteomyelitis also may require surgical debridement.
- The stuff about wound debridement belongs in Debridement.
- Other treatments include debridement and surgical amputation.
- Dead and infected tissue should be removed by surgical debridement.
- Debridement and or amputation of necrotic tissue is usually delayed.
- Ideally this debridement would terminate exactly at the apical foramen.
- A controversial area of therapy is gingival curettage during debridement.
- In such cases, the wounds were treated by debridement and the wound packed.
- The debridement of necrotic tissue is a prerequisite for successful wound care.
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