Abstract

Wound healing is an array of carefully planned steps playing in a sequence to mettle the ill fate that nature has brought on the body. It includes inflammation, proliferation and remodelling. Wound healing depends on different growth factors, cytokines, interleukins and cell population for success. In this article we report how we have used different regenerative methods like the autologous platelet rich plasma, insulin therapy, prolotherapy, low level laser therapy for augmenting wound healing.

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