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Table of Contents for Decembar 2018 • Volume 34 • Number 78 |
THE USE OF RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION IN ORAL SURGERY
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Todorović M. Kosta1,
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MEDICAL FACULTY, CLINIC FOR DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY
DEPARTMENT, NIŠ |
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Introduction: Appliances that use
electromagnetic radiation in the form of high frequency radioablation
are increasingly applied in many branches of medicine and in recent
times in oral surgery. They work on the same principle as the
electrocauteries, with the difference that the electrocauteries use wave
frequencies from 300kHz to 500kHz and the radiolayers use the frequency
of wavelengths of 4MHz. This allows them a far lower energy penetration
depth, less destruction and limited lateral tissue damage, without
burning effect. Wound healing is faster, scarring is less, and cosmetic
effect is more pronounced. During one year at the Department of Oral
Surgery, a radiotherapeutic appliance is used in many oral surgery
interventions. Treatment of non-contact tissues simultaneously with a
hemostatic effect or pure coagulation is performed very easily and
successfully. The appliance is tested when working on soft tissue of the
skin and mucous membranes. With proper and professional handling any
adverse effects are avoided. Special attention should be paid to
patients with cardiac pacemaker and adhere to the protocol. It patient
has dental implants, touching them is contraindicated while working with
active electrode.
Key words: radiofrequency ablation, surgery, coagulation
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