The use of acupuncture in implant dentistry.

This article aims to review how acupuncture can provide complimentary treatments to patients through implant rehabilitation. The following topics are discussed: control of gagging reflex, control of postoperative vomiting, control of postoperative pain, enhance anesthetic effects, control of anxiety, increase saliva production, enhance immune responses, management of temporomandibular dysfunction, smoking cessation, control diabetic mellitus, stimulation of peripheral nerve regeneration, and adverse effects.