Piezosurgical treatment of crestal bone: quantitative comparison of post-extractive socket outcomes with those of traditional treatment.

Objective: The study aimed to quantitatively compare, for the first time, the clinical outcomes of crestal bone volume resorption in sockets undergoing traditional extraction technique (TET) or piezosurgical extraction technique (PET), also considering the influence of buccal plate thickness.

Spinato S., Rebaudi A., Bernardello F., Bertoldi C., Zaffe D.
Clin Oral Implants Res. 2015 Jan 30.