Resumen

FELZANI¹, Odontólogo Ricardo. Cicatrización de los tejidos con interés en cirugía bucal: revisión de la literatura. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2005, vol.43, n.3, pp.310-318. ISSN 0001-6365.

Resume The purpose of this article was to analyze, by means of a literature review, the wound healing of the tissues, fundamental physiological process to achieve the success of any treatment in the area of oral surgery. The first part defined and characterized wound healing. Then, the factors that affect local and general wound healing were studied. Besides, types of wound healing were defined according to different criteria. Besides, it was studied how mucous, bone and nervous tissues are repaired when the oral surgeon carries out a surgical procedure. Finally, some complications can be produced by defective wound healing, so some recommendations were presented which could help to repair with a minimum of disadvantages

Palabras clave : Wound healing; regeneration; wound repair.