Piezosurgical osteotomy for harvesting intraoral block bone graft

• Main Authors: Mahalingam Lakshmiganthan (Author), Subramanium Gokulanathan (Author), Natarajan Shanmugasundaram (Author), Rajkumar Daniel (Author), Sadashiva B Ramesh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The use of ultrasonic vibrations for the cutting of bone was first introduced two decades ago. Piezoelectric surgery is a minimally invasive technique that lessens the risk of damage to surrounding soft tissues and important structures such as nerves, vessels, and mucosa. It also reduces damage to o...