Reconstruction of the maxillofacial region poses tremendous challenges
to the maxillofacial surgeon. Recent advances with the use of Platelet
rich plasma(PRP) in the last decade or so has provided the maxillofacial
surgeon and other reconstructive surgeons a complete new
dimension.Athough a varied number of reconstructive options are
available to the clinician, most of them are allogenic.Platelet rich
plasma (PRP) overcomes such shortcomings in clinical practice as it is
completely autogenous as contains a plethora of growth factors like
PGDF, ILGF, TGF etc which play an integral part in regeneration and
healing of human bone including soft tissue. This book gives an overview
of how PRP and other such like autogenous formulations can be procured
in simple hospital or clinical settings, henceforth providing the
clinician with an enormous potential when dealing with bone and soft
tissue reconstruction in addition to activation of bone graft