Abstract

Introduction: Nowadays, new non-invasive treatment alternatives are used to remove oral mucocele, resulting in cryosurgery as a therapeutic procedure that uses very cold temperatures to freeze and destroy unwanted pathological cells and tissues in a controlled manner at the cryotreated site. Objective: The therapeutic results of cryosurgery in the enucleation of mucocele due to oral extravasation in adult patients were evaluated. Material and Methods: A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in 20 adults with a clinical diagnosis of mucocele due to oral extravasation, attended in the stomatology consultation of the Specialty Polyclinic of the “Saturnino Lora Torres” University Clinical-Surgical Hospital of Santiago de Cuba, in the period from October 2022 to the same month of 2023. Results: The variables were analyzed: sex, age, number of applications, freezing/thawing time, clinical signs and symptoms and clinical evaluation of the repair, the ethical principles of the research were met. It was found that cooling between 20 and 30 seconds and thawing between 91 and 120 seconds were the most effective in destroying the affected oral mucosa. Tissue regeneration was achieved 14 days after the therapeutic session applying them one at a time three cycles. The absence of symptoms was the most significant in the post-surgical evolution. Conclusions: This cryosurgical method was simple, economical, fast and harmless to eliminate injured oral tissues, achieving tissue repair and re-epithelialization in a minimum time, as well as excellent therapeutic results by preventing the formation of residual scars and avoiding the appearance of risks and complications postsurgical events such as infection and local bleeding.