AUTHOR(S): Alejandra Chávez-Villarreal, María de los Ángeles Andrea Carvajal-Montes de Oca, Marianela Garza-Enríquez and Omar Elizondo-Cantú

ABSTRACT:Cyanoacrylate is a tissue adhesive, which has been widely used in the area of medicine and dentistry with the aim of approaching wounds and improving healing. The cyanoacrylate in dentistry is mostly used in areas of superficial wounds and free of tension, for example in periodontics it is used in gingivectomies, closing flaps for pocket removal, in bone grafts and for the closing of wounds in donor areas as the grafts of the palate, which provides benefits to the patient as a faster healing and less postoperative pain. The objective of this paper is a literature review were all the newest information of the cyanoacrylate in periodontal therapy that is collected and described.

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