Scalers: buying guides & advice

How to Choose Scalers

Powered dental scalers are electromechanical instruments that remove plaque, calculus, stain, and biofilm via high-frequency tip vibration, replacing or augmenting hand instrumentation. Buyers include general/periodontal practices, DSOs, dental hygiene programs, public-health clinics, and ASCs performing oral surgery; procurement is typically triggered by capital refresh cycles, hygiene-chair expansion, or transition from manual scaling to powered instrumentation. Powered scaling devices can be grouped into sonic and ultrasonic categories based on the frequencies at which they operate, with ultrasonic scalers operating at 20–50 kHz and available in either magnetostrictive or piezoelectric designs.