Piezopuncture-Assisted Canine Distalization in Orthodontic Patients: Two Case Reports

With the increasing number of young adults seeking orthodontic treatment to im-prove their smile esthetics or oral function, the time spent wearing brackets is one of the biggest challenges for these patients. various surgical techniques have been developed over the years to accelerate tooth movement and reduce the total treat-ment time. a newly introduced, minimally invasive procedure namely piezopunc-ture, which uses a piezosurgical tool to create multiple cortical punctures through the gingiva, is presented in this report of two extraction cases.