TY - JOUR
AU - Shamim, Thorakkal
AB - LETTER TO THE EDITOR compared to surgical scalpel technique. Future directions: It is known that cryogen with a propane/ butane/isobutane gas mixture is superior to liquid nitrogen in advantages such as easy to handle, providing better precision Dear Editor, and lower risk of adjacent soft tissue injury. Clinical trials with This letter discusses the recent studies about cryogens in dentistry newer generation cryogens are advised in the management of oral regarding management of oral mucosal lesions, keratocystic mucosal lesions, keratocystic odontogenic tumors and gingival odontogenic tumors and gingival pigmentation. pigmentation. Liquid nitrogen cryosurgery in the management of oral Thorakkal Shamim mucosal lesions : The study with 30 patients was evaluated for the efficacy of cryosurgery in the management of oral mucosal Department of Dentistry, Government Taluk Head Quarters Hospital, lesions (mucocele, broma, fi leukoplakia, erythroplakia, and lichen Malappuram, India planus). Time taken for healing, postoperative pain, secondary infection, and recurrence of lesion was calibrated. The patients Correspondence to: Thorakkal Shamim, MDS, were evaluated for pain and postoperative infection documented shamu3duad@gmail.com. st rd th st on the 1 , 3 , 7 , 21 days after the procedure and other variables orcid: 0000-0002-6389-5417 (Thorakkal Shamim) st such as healing time 
TI - Cryogens in dentistry
JF - Medical Gas Research
DO - 10.4103/2045-9912.254642
DA - 2019-03-28
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/pubmed-central/cryogens-in-dentistry-aDabHJvVvv
SP - 54
EP - 54
VL - 9
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -