title: Ultrasound: A Revenant Therapeutic Modality in Dentistry.
abstract: An ultrasound (US) gives a visible image of the organs that are present inside the body. In medicine it serves for diagnosing and also its therapeutic benefits are well established for bone healing, osteointegration and soft tissue healing. In dentistry it is widely used for diagnostic purposes. When it was discovered it was introduced for therapeutic purposes, but due to lack of clinical studies its use as therapy was remittent in dentistry. The aim of the present paper was to establish the efficiency of therapeutic US in maxillofacial region for alleviating the pain and to see the other applications. Our search included the English terms like ultrasonography, applications, dentistry in Google search engine, PubMed and Medline from 1980 to 2015. We found very few articles showing the effects of therapeutic Ultrasound (US) in treatment of pain and healing in dentistry. We concluded that clinical benefits of in vivo studies were very little and demands further rigorous research to strive for the therapeutic success of US.
authors.affiliation: Private Practitioner, Oral Medicine & Radiology, Andhra Pradesh, India .
authors.forename: Sunil Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Karumuri
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, D.J. College of Dental Sciences and Research , Modinagar, U.P, India .
authors.forename: Trisha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rastogi
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Saraswathi Dhanwantari Dental College , Parbhani, Maharashtra, India .
authors.forename: Kartheeki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beeraka
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Narsinbhai Patel Dental College and Hospital , Visnagar, Gujarat, India .
authors.forename: Mohan Raju
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Penumatcha
authors.affiliation: Private Practitioner, Prosthodontics and Implantology, Telangana, India .
authors.forename: Sanjeeva Rao
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Olepu
keywords: Applications; Physical therapy; Ultrasonography