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Platelet-rich fibrin has moved from novelty to near-default in many operatories — but its reputation has outrun the evidence in some indications and undersold it in others. This piece separates where PRF reliably helps from where it is, at best, neutral.
Used well, PRF is a handling and biology advantage: an autologous scaffold that concentrates the patient's own growth factors and gives you a workable membrane at the chairside. Used as a substitute for sound surgical principles, it changes very little.
