In recent years, several surgical techniques have been proposed with the main goal of
reducing the length of orthodontic treatment. Some of these techniques use a piezoelectric
surgical instrument to perform alveolar bone cuts and promote localized bone turnover. One
of the main limitations of these surgical techniques is that corticotomies may damage dental
roots since traditional radiographic examinations do not allow the surgeon to precisely
determine the length and three-dimensional position of the roots. In this case report, the …