Piezosurgery (Ultrasonic Bone Surgery)
Piezosurgery uses precise ultrasonic cuts for implant and bone procedures, with soft-tissue preservation among its reported advantages.
[2]The short answer
Piezosurgery uses piezoelectric devices for precise bone cutting while aiming to preserve soft tissues and avoid thermal damage.
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What is Piezosurgery (Ultrasonic Bone Surgery)?
How is it used?
In implant dentistry, piezoelectric surgery can be used for implant-site preparation, bone grafting, sinus-floor elevation, ridge splitting, and lateralisation of the inferior alveolar nerve.
[2]What are the limits of the evidence?
A systematic review of guided implant surgery examines surgical and implant complications, prosthesis complications, survival, economics, satisfaction, and maintenance. Those questions require separate answers for each technique.
[2]What other approach may be discussed?
Mechanical instruments are the conventional comparison for the same bone-surgery task. Piezosurgery is reported to provide selective cutting and to help preserve soft-tissue structures during delicate or compromised tissue work.
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| What is being considered? | A consultation can compare the proposed technology with the conventional techniq[1][2][3][4][5][7] |
| What should guide the choice? | The clinical indication and the evidence relevant to that technology[1][2][3][4][5][7] |
What does this mean for a patient?
Piezosurgery is a surgical tool used for a defined bone procedure. It can be relevant when implant preparation, grafting, sinus-floor elevation, ridge splitting, or nerve lateralisation is planned.
[2]What should you ask about safety?
Reported advantages include precise, selective cutting, avoidance of thermal damage, and preservation of soft-tissue structures. These properties relate to the surgical bone task rather than to implant survival or prosthesis survival.
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