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Debridement
Debridement is a medical term referring to the removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue. Removal may be surgical, mechanical, chemical, autolytic (self-digestion), and by maggot therapy, where certain species of live maggots selectively eat only necrotic tissue.

In oral hygiene and dentistry, debridement refers to the removal of plaque and calculus that have accumulated on the teeth. Debridement in this case may be performed using ultrasonic instruments, which fracture the calculus, thereby facilitating its removal, as well as hand tools, including periodontal scaler and curettes, or through the use of chemicals such as hydrogen peroxide.

Debridement is an important part of the healing process for burns and other serious wounds.

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Debridement
Jan 01, 2004; Debridement Definition Debridement is the process of removing dead (necrotic) tissue or foreign material from and around a wound...
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Update of systematic review on debridement. (Wound Care).
Mar 22, 2003; Introduction Debridement of an ulcer, which has been reported as essential to healing, can done in several ways, including...
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EMLA cream improves quality of mechanical debridement
Oct 01, 1999; Nice, France - EMLA cream is a useful adjunct for the mechanical debridement of venous leg ulcers, allowing for improved...
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Simultaneous placement of long-term central venous catheters and surgical debridement for treatment of osteomyelitis
Aug 01, 2001; Nonhealing wounds with underlying osteomyelitis require surgical debridement and a course of intravenous antibiotics usually via...
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Introduction of Innovative, Multipurpose Wound Debridement Products to Spur Market Growth.
Sep 27, 2006; LONDON, September 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Demographic changes, increase in the baby boomer population and enhanced importance to wound...
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