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| Acoustic turbulence | agitation in the fluids surrounding a rapidly vibrating ultrasonic tip; has potential to disrupt bacterial matrix. |
| Cavitation | action created by the formation and collapse of bubbles in the water by high-frequency sound waves surrounding an ultrasonic tip. |
| Lavage | the therapeutic washing of the pocket and root surface to remove endotoxins and loose debris. |
| Magnetostrictive | ultrasonic scaling device that generates a magnetic field and produces tip vibrations by the expansion and contraction of a metal stack or rod. |
| Stack | ultrasonic scaling device that generates a magnetic field and produces tip vibrations by the expansion and contraction of a metal stack or rod. |
| Piezoeletric | : ultrasonic scaling device activated by dimensional changes in crystal housed in the handpiece. |
