Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: a review of possible new era in dentistry

Abstract

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is becoming widely used in various medical conditions. The list of its approved medical indications is getting longer by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. On the other hand, the dentists predict it to become a new era that could help them for bone regeneration and to treat the challenging cases of wound healing and bacterial infections. This review article is shedding a light on how the HBO therapy developed, how it works physiologically and how it is used, its effectiveness in treating many conditions as adjunct or sole treatment, its possible applications in dentistry, and contraindications of HBO therapy, oxygen toxicity and ozone vs. HBO therapies.