The use of platelet-rich fibrin in the treatment of patients with inflammatory diseases of the maxillofacial area (a literature review)

The purpose of this work was to study the use of platelet-rich fibrin in the treatment of patients with inflammatory diseases of the maxillofacial area. Due to the lack of a tendency to reduce morbidity and mortality in this group of patients, the problem of their treatment remains one of the most pressing to date. Treatment of wounds resulting from surgical debridement of a purulent-septic focus in the purification and proliferation phase involves the use of various means and techniques aimed at stimulating regeneration. The particular interest is the use of platelet concentrates (autologous platelet rich plasma and platelet-rich fibrin obtained from it). According to most literary sources, platelet-rich fibrin in dentistry and maxillofacial surgery is used primarily in dental implantology. Significantly fewer publications are devoted to the use of platelet-rich fibrin in the treatment of patients with inflammatory diseases of the lower jaw. The use of platelet-rich fibrin in the treatment of patients with inflammatory diseases of the soft tissues of the maxillofacial area and neck has so far remained outside the field of view of researchers and requires further study.