A patient has deep pockets and has had 3-month appointments…
A patient has deep pockets and has had 3-month appointments with a dental hygienist for many, many years. At each visit, the dental hygienists who have treated her have performed periodontal instrumentation on the roots of all the teeth using a very firm, scaling stroke. After many years, the periodontal instrumentation might remove a part of the periodontium. Which anatomical area of the periodontium could be removed from the roots after years of instrumentation?
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