Definition of knack. 1  1 : a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach. 2  2a : a clever trick or stratagemb : a clever way of doing something. 3  3 archaic : an ingenious device; broadly : toy, knickknack.
Medical Definition of gingivoplasty. plural. gingivoplasties. : a surgical procedure that involves reshaping the gums for aesthetic or functional purposes.
Thus, curettage is the conversion of the chronic inflammatory ulcer to the gingival wall of the pocket into a surgical wound. Curettage can be used alone as a separate procedure, after root planing has been performed, or as in combination with root planing to eliminate the pocket.he healing mechanism of the periodontal tissue at the curettage site is as followed. All the epithelial attachment and the ulcerated epithelial lining of the soft tissue wall are curetted out, and all granulation tissue is removed. The gingival tissue is carefully readapted to the tooth.