Platelet concentrates: Bioengineering dentistry's regenerative dreams

Sushma Naag; Abhishek Savirmath; Butchi Babu Kalakonda; Uday Kiran Uppada; Shekar Kamisetty; Esther Priyadarshini

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Year : 2015 | Volume : 2 | Issue : 2 | Page : 86-90

Platelet concentrates: Bioengineering dentistry's regenerative dreams

Sushma Naag¹, Abhishek Savirmath², Butchi Babu Kalakonda³, Uday Kiran Uppada⁴, Shekar Kamisetty⁵, Esther Priyadarshini¹
¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Meghana Institute of Dental Sciences, Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
² Department of Prosthodontics, Sri Sai College of Dental Surgery, Vikarabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
³ Department of Periodontics, Sri Sai College of Dental Surgery, Vikarabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
⁴ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sri Sai College of Dental Surgery, Vikarabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
⁵ Department of Endodontics, Sri Sai College of Dental Surgery, Vikarabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Correspondence Address:
Butchi Babu Kalakonda
Department of Periodontics, Sri Sai College of Dental Surgery, Vikarabad, Andhra Pradesh
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/2348-2915.161211

Technological advances in the fields of medicine and allied sciences had given much needed momentum into the field of molecular biology and regenerative medicine. They indeed provided a boost to innovate new yields for both hard tissue and soft tissue regeneration in dentistry. One among them is the use of platelet concentrates (platelet rich plasma [PRP], platelet rich fibrin [PRF]). Autologous concentrate of blood platelets with a suspension of growth factors offers an enhanced healing of hard and soft tissues. It is an auxiliary benefit for an operator to be aware of platelet concentrates and its healing properties for delivering unsurpassed oral health care to patients. The current article outlines the principles, objectives and clinical insight to the regenerative potential of platelet concentrates in various fields of dentistry. The search words of the PubMed data base were PRF and other permutations of keywords such as "PRP dentistry", PRF dentistry, PRF regenerative dentistry.

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