COMPARISION OF CHLORHEXIDINE SILK SUTURE AND PLAIN SILK SUTURE TO EVALUATE HEALING AFTER THIRD MOLAR EXTRACTION.

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Impacted teeth,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2024/04/066042
• Lead Sponsor: KHETANI SACHIN

Brief Summary

The presentstudy was a clinical randomized controlled trial of total 46 participants werecategorized into two groups: Group I (Chlorhexidine-diacetate coated blackbraided silk suture), Group II (plain black braided silk suture). Follow upperiod was on 2nd day and 7th day postoperatively to evaluate local erythemaand infection. There was a significant decrease in the post-op surgical siteerythema and infection on 2nd day and 7th day post operatively in case of Group1 (chlorhexidine diacetate coated black braided silk suture). This indicatedthat using a Chlorhexidine-diacetate coated black braided silk suture aftersurgical removal of impacted teeth is found to be an effective and economicalalternative in reducing surgical site infection and erythema.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-14
• Study Start: 2024-04-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 46

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients belonging to age category of 18-40 years.
• Patient with impacted third molar with moderate Pederson Index .
• Patient who have not used antibiotics/antimicrobials or anti-inflammatory drugs for one week before surgery.
• Patient with ASA status 1 with normal bleeding and clotting time Patient with adeqate mouth opening and normal TMJ.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients on drugs that might alter the course of study and affect the healing of the surgical site, e.g. aspirin, NSAIDs, steroids and cytotoxic drugs.
• Patients who have taken antibiotics prior, in a span of 2–3 weeks for any head and neck infections or upper respiratory tract (penicillin/cephalosporin).
• Patients with poor oral hygiene.
• Patients with prior infection.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
assesment of healing	assesment of healing

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
assesment of local erythema	on day 0,2 and 7

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

DEPARTMENT OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; 🇮🇳 Belgaum, KARNATAKA, India

DEPARTMENT OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY

🇮🇳Belgaum, KARNATAKA, India

SACHIN KHETANI

Principal investigator

9624918935

Sachin36563656@gmail.com