Piezocision™-assisted orthodontics: Past, present, and future

The past decade has seen a surge in innovations pertaining to the field of orthodontics aimed at shortening the length of the treatment for the adult patient. Today we are presenting an innovative, minimally invasive surgical technique designed to help achieve such a goal and perhaps, more importantly, help solve orthodontic challenges through timely bone density modification. Piezocision™ is an orthodontically guided surgical procedure. It has evolved from being initially a minimally invasive surgical alternative to conventional corticotomies to a more sophisticated philosophy where the orthodontist is given the tools to control the anchorage value of teeth by selectively altering the bone density surrounding them, using the piezoelectric knife at key time intervals, in an effort to successfully solve orthodontic challenges. Piezocision™ gives the periodontist and the orthodontist another tool to expand their scope of practice.