REVIEW OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE PERIODONTAL SURGERY USING A DENTAL MICROSCOPE
2015 Volume 6 Issue 1 Pages 6-21
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2015 Volume 6 Issue 1 Pages 6-21
In the present study, the authors summarize and review data from 449 minimally invasive surgeries performed using a dental microscope between 2008 and 2012 on patients with moderate or severe periodontal disease.
Post-operative tooth preservation rate, including wisdom teeth, was high at approx. 97.05%. Average bleeding on probing (BOP) and pus discharge decreased from approx. 16.16 teeth before surgery to approx. 2.51 teeth after surgery.
Moreover, while the results varied according to site, it is possible that the surgeries enabled a relatively high improvement in periodontal pockets from ≥6 mm to ≤3 mm. A survey of pain medication use after surgery showed that approx. 16% of patients took multiple doses. The study findings suggest that using a dental microscope in surgery of moderate or severe periodontitis is very clinically effective because it enables a high degree of precision while minimizing both the surgical field and pain after surgery.
