Use of hyaluronic acid for the development of gingival papillae

Vol. 2 – Number 7 – 2021 Literature review Page 74-78 Use of hyaluronic acid for the development of gingival papillae Matheus Fonseca Almeida¹ Ana Karina Fonseca de Carvalho Caldrean Correa² Antonio Aparecido Celória³ Vivian Eduarda de Lemos Cordeiro¹ ABSTRACT The hyaluronic acid (HA) has been used to develop interdental gum absent in the oral cavity. Due to being a Biocompatible material, the HA has been used in orofacial harmonization besides to periodontology to interdental papilla development without any surgically invasive methods.This technique is based in injectable applications of a polysaccharide material with a viscous appearance beteen teeth faces to be more specific in interdental gum. As a result,increasing the volume of absent space. Therefore, the HA can decreases the black spaces and becomes the lowest environment with pathogenic microorganisms and periodontal diseases. Descriptors: Hyaluronic acid, biocompatible materials, gingiva, interdental papilla, Periodontics. ¹ Undergraduate student of Dentistry – UniFBV/WYDEN. ² Professor of Dentistry – UniFBV/WYDEN, M. in Health Sciences. ³ Spec. and M. in Orthodontics, Coordinator of the Specialization course in HOF – CEODAC. DOI: 10.24077/2021277478