| Autor: |
Rezende KM; Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Dental School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Moraes Pde C; Department of Oral Surgery, Dental School, São Leopoldo Mandic Dental Research Center, Campinas, SP, Brazil., Oliveira LB; Department of Oral Radiology, Dental School, São Leopoldo Mandic Dental Research Center, Campinas, SP, Brazil., Thomaz LA; Department of Oral Surgery, Dental School, São Leopoldo Mandic Dental Research Center, Campinas, SP, Brazil., Junqueira JL; Department of Oral Radiology, Dental School, São Leopoldo Mandic Dental Research Center, Campinas, SP, Brazil., Bönecker M; Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Dental School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. |
| Abstrakt: |
Children can exhibit a wide variety of oral pathologies, such as oral lesions, bone lesions, tumors, cysts and cutaneous lesions. Different techniques have been described for the treatment of these lesions, but all of them are invasive. This paper presents a series of cases that demonstrate the clinical efficacy of cryosurgery as an alternative to invasive surgical treatments of the most common oral lesions in children. This technique has been well tolerated by patients due to the absence of anesthesia, rapid healing and minimal bleeding. Cryotherapy has many applications in oral medicine and is an extremely useful alternative in patients to whom surgery is contraindicated due to age or medical history. It is a simple procedure to perform, minimally invasive, low-cost and very effective in pediatric dentistry clinic. |
