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Review
. 2023 Jun;92(1):90-119.
doi: 10.1111/prd.12466. Epub 2022 Dec 30.

Wound healing dynamics, morbidity, and complications of palatal soft-tissue harvesting

Lorenzo Tavelli  1   2 , Shayan Barootchi  1 , Martina Stefanini  3 , Giovanni Zucchelli  1   3 , William V Giannobile  4 , Hom-Lay Wang  1
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Review

Wound healing dynamics, morbidity, and complications of palatal soft-tissue harvesting

Lorenzo Tavelli et al. Periodontol 2000. 2023 Jun.

Abstract

Palatal-tissue harvesting is a routinely performed procedure in periodontal and peri-implant plastic surgery. Over the years, several surgical approaches have been attempted with the aim of obtaining autogenous soft-tissue grafts while minimizing patient morbidity, which is considered the most common drawback of palatal harvesting. At the same time, treatment errors during the procedure may increase not only postoperative discomfort or pain but also the risk of developing other complications, such as injury to the greater palatine artery, prolonged bleeding, wound/flap sloughing, necrosis, infection, and inadequate graft size or quality. This chapter described treatment errors and complications of palatal harvesting techniques, together with approaches for reducing patient morbidity and accelerating donor site wound healing. The role of biologic agents, photobiomodulation therapy, local and systemic factors, and genes implicated in palatal wound healing are also discussed.

Keywords: biologic agents; morbidity; pain; photobiomodulation; tissue grafts; treatment errors.

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