Evaluation of the effects of silk and polyethylene terephthalate sutures on postoperative complications in impacted lower third molar surgery

Autor: Orhan Zeynep Dilan, Ciğerim Levent, Kaplan Volkan, Güzel Mehmet, Galayene Abdurrahman, Alsmadi Mohammad, Özyurt Anıl
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, Vol 34, Iss 11, Pp 1-7 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1573-4838
DOI: 10.1007/s10856-023-06756-w
Popis: Abstract The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of silk and Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) sutures on postoperative complications in impacted lower third molar surgery. This prospective, randomized, split-mouth, double-blind clinical study was performed between January 2021 and June 2022 at the Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University. The patients were categorized into two groups in terms of using suture material. PET suture was used in Group 1, and the silk suture in Group 2 for wound closure following impacted lower third molar surgery. The statistical significance level was accepted as p 0.05). However, the VAS values of the silk group patients were higher at the 12th and 24th hours (p
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