Aim: To assess the clinical effectiveness of electrocautery for functional crown lengthening procedure and to compare it with the conventional procedure using the scalpel.
Methods and Methodology: 20 patients including males and females, aged 20- 70 years were recruited and divided into two groups to undergo crown lengthening either with the scalpel or electrocautery. The data obtained was analyzed for intergroup comparison using mann-whitney u test.
Result: Analysis of the intergroup results for healing index between scalpel and electrocautery showcased that there was no statistically significant difference (P<0.002) after 1 week (P<0.8).
Conclusion: Crown Lengthening is a surgical procedure that requires exposure of adequate tooth structure for restorative procedures. The cases discussed here have been treated with both scalpel and electrocautery techniques and post-operative healing was assessed using healing index given by Landry, Turnbull and Howley. Within the limitations of this present clinical study electocautery can be an alternative to scalpel for an effortless and minimally invasive soft tissue restorative crown lengthening procedure.
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