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ROCHA, Amanda Leal; BASILIO, Juliana Maria Braga Sclauser; AMARAL, Marcio Bruno Figueiredo  e  MESQUITA, Ricardo Alves. Treatment of mucocele with the upgraded micromarsupialisation technique. Rev. Assoc. Paul. Cir. Dent. [online]. 2013, vol.67, n.4, pp. 268-271. ISSN 0004-5276.

The aim of this study is to describe a case report of selected mucocele treated with the upgraded micro-marsupialisation technique. This technique is based on the puncture of the lesion with a silk suture and aims to promote epithelisation of the mucosa around the suture in turn leading to several new path tract formations, allowing the drainage of total mucus and regression of the lesion. A 36-year-old woman was referred to the Oral Medicine Clinic of the School of Dentistry at the Universidade Federal Minas Gerais (UFMG). Intraoral examination demonstrated a mucocele and the choice of the treatment was the upgraded micro-marsupialisation. The patient underwent a weekly follow-up period and after 30 days showed no clinical signs of recurrence. In this time, the sutures were removed. In this case report, the modifications of the technique describe on literature were: the use of a 3.0 silk suture, the mechanical enlargement of the pathways performed by a to-and-fro movement and the clearance of total mucus. The patient had 24 months of follow-up and it was free-disease. From this case report suggests that the upgraded micro-marsupialisation technique is effective in the treatment of selected mucocele.

Palavras-chave : mucocele; therapeutics; salivary glands.