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Volume 21 , Issue 2
March/April 2001
Pages 191–196

A Perspective on Periodontal Microsurgery

James M. Belcher, DDS

PMID: 11829393
DOI: 10.11607/prd.00.0405

The surgical microscope offers the periodontist increased illumination and visual acuity to perform procedures with greater precision than with other methods of magnification. This review article outlines the advantages of using smaller instruments and sutures, explores the possibility of enhanced calculus removal under magnification, and offers suggestions for integrating the microscope into periodontal practice. (Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2001;21:191–196.)

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