RESEARCH ARTICLE
Piezosurgery in Bone Augmentation Procedures Previous to Dental Implant Surgery: A Review of the Literature
Gabriel Leonardo Magrin, Eder Alberto Sigua-Rodriguez*, Douglas Rangel Goulart, Luciana Asprino
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2015Volume: 9
First Page: 426
Last Page: 430
Publisher ID: TODENTJ-9-426
DOI: 10.2174/1874210601509010426
Article History:
Received Date: 20/8/2015Revision Received Date: 14/9/2015
Acceptance Date: 15/10/2015
Electronic publication date: 23/12/2015
Collection year: 2015
open-access license: This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode), which permits unrestricted, noncommercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
Abstract
The piezosurgery has been used with increasing frequency and applicability by health professionals, especially those who deal with dental implants. The concept of piezoelectricity has emerged in the nineteenth century, but it was applied in oral surgery from 1988 by Tomaso Vercellotti. It consists of an ultrasonic device able to cut mineralized bone tissue, without injuring the adjacent soft tissue. It also has several advantages when compared to conventional techniques with drills and saws, such as the production of a precise, clean and low bleed bone cut that shows positive biological results. In dental implants surgery, it has been used for maxillary sinus lifting, removal of bone blocks, distraction osteogenesis, lateralization of the inferior alveolar nerve, split crest of alveolar ridge and even for dental implants placement. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the use of piezosurgery in bone augmentation procedures used previously to dental implants placement.
