Review Article
Year: 2023 | Month: April-June | Volume: 8 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 9-15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/gijhsr.20230203
Electrosurgery in Periodontics: An Advent of Invention – A Literature Review
Dr. Raaja Sreepathy CS1, Dr. Kadhiresan Rathinasamy2, Dr. Arunmozhi Ulaganathan3, Dr. Shanmugapriya Ramamurthy4
1Post Graduate, Department of Periodontics and Implantology, Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Thalambur, Chennai 600130
2Professor, Department of Periodontics and Implantology, Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Thalambur, Chennai 600130
3Head of the Department of Periodontics and Implantology, Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Thalambur, Chennai 600130
4Professor, Department of Periodontics and Implantology, Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Thalambur, Chennai 600130
Corresponding Author: Dr. Raaja Sreepathy CS
ABSTRACT
Electrosurgery, also called radiosurgery, has been in the field of dentistry for more than 75 years. More than a century's worth of literature exists on electrosurgery citing its applications in various surgical procedures. In the past three decades, the role of electrocautery has also been well established with a significant rise in minimally invasive and microsurgical techniques. Electrosurgery, basically employs two electrodes that delivers the electrical current, the electrosurgical units, and the connecting wires. It works on the principle where the electromagnetic energy is converted into kinetic energy and then into thermal energy that produces the effect of energy with the continuing advent of specifically engineered electrodes, electrosurgery relies on the method of controlled and exact delivery of radiofrequency electrical current to the soft tissue region that creates a desired clinical effect. This desired clinical effect depends on several factors like the frequency of the electrical current, size, shape of the defect, and the distance between the electrode and the soft tissue site. Almost every area of dentistry employs electrosurgery. Research is ongoing into several novel uses for electrosurgery, which is an area that is always changing.
Keywords: Electrosurgery, Electrocautery, Lateral heat, Monopolar