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Analysis of Early Healing of Sutures in Periodontal Surgery

Spain60 participantsStarted 2024-01-08

Plain-language summary

The main objective is to analyze post-surgical periodontal healing after conventional periodontal surgery where an absorbable suture coated with clorhexidine (Novosyn Clorhexidine) versus conventional sutures without chlorhexidine (Novosyn) will be used a pilot randomized clinical study has been designed. Up to authors´ knowledge until now there are no studies to evaluate periodontal healing after periodontal surgery in combination with this kind of sutures.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients ≥ 18 years-old * Patients who have completed the basic periodontal phase and require surgical periodontal treatment for periodontal disease control. * Plaque index (O'Leary et al.,1972) ≤20%. * Bleeding index (Ainamo \& Bay,1975) ≤20%. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with systemic conditions contraindicating surgery * Patients with allergy to chlorhexidine and/or o-cymen-5-ol * Patients allergic to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) * Pregnant or breastfeeding women * Patients with periodontal defects requiring regenerative surgery or mucogingival surgery/periodontal plastic therapy * Patients who have taken antibiotics in the last 3months

What they're measuring

Periodontal healing index (PQI) (Landry et al., 1988)

Timeframe: at 7 days, 14 days, 1 month and 2 months after surgery

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06201377

SponsorAna María García de la Fuente

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-01-30

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