title: [Microwave therapy in outpatient oral surgery].
abstract: The biological action of microwave therapy is due to the conversion of high-frequency electromagnetic waves to heat that is produced directly in the tissue at the radiation area. It is a deep heating procedure of limited range with low-level exposure to the subcutaneous fatty tissue; it may be used in subacute and chronic infectious inflammatory conditions, after surgical interventions, in affections of the salivary glands and of the maxillary sinuses, and also in temporo-mandibular joint disorders and facial neuralgias. As a rule, irradiation by microwaves is only a supporting treatment. Its advantages are above all: easy application; great economy; versatility; uniform, locally limited distribution of heat with low-level exposure to the fatty tissue; virtual safety.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D005491:Focal Infection, Dental / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008872:Microwaves / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000601:surgery; D013515:Surgery, Oral; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000601:surgery; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Mikrowellentherapie in der ambulanten Kieferchirurgie.