Inicial nasal mucosa detachment using piezoelectric device in the Le Fort I osteotomy: A technical note

In maxillary Le Fort I type osteotomy the detachment of the nasal mucosa should be done carefully. Piezoelectric surgery contributed much to increase the safety of osteotomies, despite the initial advantage of minimizing the risk of injury in nervous tissue, mainly in bilateral sagittal split osteot...

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Main Authors: Elio Hitoshi Shinohara, Shajadi Carlos Pardo Kaba, Marcelo Martinson Ruiz, Fernando Kendi Horikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
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Online Access:http://www.contempclindent.org/article.asp?issn=0976-237X;year=2013;volume=4;issue=1;spage=127;epage=128;aulast=Shinohara