BENEFITS OF OPERATIVE MICROSCOPY IN ENDODONTIC TREATMENT

Abstract

Microscopy was already used in several areas of medicine since 1953, but its use in dentistry only started in 1977, by Baumann, a doctor and dentist, who always wondered why dentistry was still not enjoying the benefits that the device offered. The objective of the present work is to evaluate and benefit the use of the operating microscope in endodontics, thus establishing, through this study, the achievement of greater success during a treatment. This work is a narrative review of the literature, which considers review articles, clinical case reports, monographs and book chapters published in Medline, Lilacs, SciELO and Google Scholar databases. It can be verified, through this literature review, that operative microscopy brings a better quality to endodontic treatment, by allowing better illumination of the operative field, better resolution of the enlarged object, ergonomic position, greater biosecurity, ease of visual documentation and less tooth wear treated, in addition to enabling better resolution of clinical cases. However, as a disadvantage, the use of the optical microscope has a high cost and demand from the dentist the ability of adaptation to the use of indirect vision as a way of working, but these details do not detract from all the advantages and qualities presented by the use of magnification in the resolution of clinical cases.