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Since the 1970s, modern Implantology is based on a concept of surgery with flap elevation. Gradually, several
clinical trials demonstrated that a mid-crestal incision gives similar success rates compared to those obtained using
the classical protocol.
However, over the past decade in medicine it has been established the concept of minimally invasive surgery, consisting in taking advantage of advancements experienced in diagnostic techniques and specific surgical instruments,
to perform surgical procedures infringing as less damage as possible to the patient
The present work aims to produce a thorough review of the literature published on the field of Implantology with
flapless surgery, to determine the current scientific evidence of the technique, along with illustrating the results with
different clinical cases.
After presenting the clinical cases, and the review of literature, we can say that flapless surgeries should be restricted to well-selected cases in which a proper clinical and radiological planning has been made. Patients treated with
anticoagulant drugs or medically compromised equally can get benefitted by this minimal invasion technique.
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