Abstract
In our offices, more and more adults are visiting with the wish to align their teeth to preserve the aesthetics of their smile. However, treatment duration is the most common reason in the refusal to undergo orthodontic treatment. Alveolar corticotomies help accelerate and facilitate tooth movement. This is a surgical technique that consists of vertical scarifications of the vestibular interdental cortical bone to stimulate the alveolar bone metabolism. Current protocols, thanks to recent studies on bone physiology, are much less invasive than before and they allow more frequent indications for use of this technique, to meet the demands in adults.
Highlights
The first protocol was described by Köle[9] in 1959, associating vestibular and lingual segmental corticotomies and a supra-apical horizontal o steotomy after the elevation of a complete subperiosteal flap
Alveolar corticotomies make it possible to decrease the duration of an orthodontic treatment and to facilitate treatment progression
We will describe a technique of minimally invasive alveolar corticotomies, which are deemed laser-assisted as they use lasercision
Summary
More and more adults are visiting with the wish to align their teeth to preserve the aesthetics of their smile. Alveolar corticotomies help accelerate and facilitate tooth movement This is a surgical technique that consists of vertical scarifications of the vestibular interdental cortical bone to stimulate the alveolar bone metabolism. We are often confronted with patients who will refuse orthodontic treatment, especially because of treatment duration, and who prefer that their smile be rehabilitated by prosthetic means. Alveolar corticotomies make it possible to decrease the duration of an orthodontic treatment and to facilitate treatment progression. We will describe a technique of minimally invasive alveolar corticotomies, which are deemed laser-assisted as they use lasercision
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