Talk:Calculus (dental)

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Does anyone know, if there where any cases of retinal detachment following ultrasonic calculus removal ? I know about one case, who had it following the procedure, at 2 weeks.(But he also had severe myopia and lens implants-both favorizing the detachment.) I am taking advantage of the global knowledge: is this case a pure coincidence, or are there any other cases? Sincerely, DokX

I have not heard about that happening or of that risk from using the ultrasonic. Sounds like a very unique case. - Dozenist talk 00:21, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

The origin of the word "calculus" in connection with this usage might be interesting. I haven't been able to track down the etymology. Chrisbbehrens 23:57, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

"Calculus" comes from an ancient greek word for "stone", and its appearence in math is more interesting. Maybe they counted with stones? 217.210.227.101 19:20, 8 February 2007 (UTC)