Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Surgery

GARCIA CALDERON, Manuel et al. The application of

microscopic surgery in dentistry. Med. oral patol. oral
cir.bucal (Internet) [online]. 2007, vol.12, n.4, pp. 311-316.
ISSN 1698-6946.
The use of the microscope as a tool for practising Medicine,
especially in surgical specialisations, has been established
for decades. The microscope was first used in Odontology
Dentistry back to the 1970s and 1980s, and was introduced
more widely (although it was still far from being in general
use) during 1990s. The purpose of this article is to describe
the main applications of the microscope in
OdontologyDentistry today, as well as providing
odontologists and stomatologists, whether specialists or in
general practice, with information about microscopic
OdontologyDentistry for better patient care. This work also
gives particular importance to matters needed to achieve the
necessary manual dexterity to work in a magnified operating
field using a surgical microscope (SM).
Key Words: Microscope; microscopic surgery; new
technologies; Odontology Dentistry.