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PROBE UNIT, DENTAL. AN ITEM THAT IS USED IN DENTAL EXAMS TO DETERMINE
THE DEPTH OF THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE GINGIVA AND EACH OF THE TEETH.
THIS DEPTH IS USED TO ANALYZE THE CONDITION OF THE GINGIVAL TISSUE. IT
CONSISTS OF A PROBE THAT IS INSERTED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE GINGIVA
AND THE TOOTH, A FOOTSWITCH TO CONTROLTHE PROBE, AN OPTICAL ENCODER
THAT SCANS AND READS THE DEPTH OF THE SPACE, A REUSABLE MEMORY CARD TO
STORE THE DATA, A DISPLAY UNIT FOR VIEWING THE DAT A, AND A DOT MATRIX
PRINTER TO PROVIDE A HARDCOPY OF THE DATA.
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