Abstract:The roots of microsurgery were laid back in the 1800s when the first magnifying device was introduced in the medical field. In the profundity of rich historical archives in this new era of surgery, use of magnification and application of microsurgical triad allows the convergence of ideas and efforts to make a desirable impact on the vast number of patients. In 1949, a Boston dentist, van Leeuwen, employed a Greenough microscope to study the periodontium. 1 In the 19th century, Carl Zeiss, Ernst Abbe, and Otto… Show more
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