Platelet Concentrates and Their Clinical Applications in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Periodontal, Dentoalveolar and Reconstructive Surgery and Endodontics. Current Review.

During the last two decades a new technology appeared called platelet rich plasma preparations (PRP) [1], suggesting the main benefit in both hard and soft tissue wound healing for surgical use in regenerative medicine [2], as well as aiding in decreasing: rate of postoperative infections, pain and blood loss [3]. The PRP clinical applications include periodontal surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, aesthetic plastic surgery, spinal fusion, heart by-pass surgery, treatment of soft tissue ulcers, etc. [3]. However in the recent times there have been described different types of PRP concentrates and different clinical indications for every of them. The aim of this review is to enlist and describe the different types of PRP concentrates and their current clinical use in Dentistry and Oral and Maxillofacial surgery.

Keywords: Platelet rich plasma (PRP); Plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF); Oral and maxillofacial surgery.