Unidirectional Barbed Sutures in Mucogingival Procedures

SVS Institute of Dental Sciences

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Wound Heal

Treatments: Procedure: Barbed suture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04937114

SVSIDS/PERIO/5/2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to compare the efficacy of barbed suture with conventional suture in muco-gingival surgeries.

Full description

Experimental: Main treatment group, flap will be approximated using conventional, simple continuous suturing with barbed sutures.

Comparator: In patients allocated to control group, flap will be approximated using conventional, simple continuous suturing with conventional sutures.

Enrollment: 12 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Systemically healthy individuals within an age group of 20-50yrs with presence of attached gingiva, shallow vestibule and frenum interfering with the marginal gingiva.

Exclusion criteria

• Medically compromised patients.
• Subjects who underwent radiotherapy or chemotherapy in the past 12 months.
• Smokers

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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12 participants in 2 patient groups

Flap will be approximated using conventional, simple continuous suturing with barbed sutures

Experimental group

Description:

After administration of adequate amount of local anesthesia, planned muco-gingival surgery will be performed and flap will be approximated using conventional, simple continuous suturing with unidirectional barbed sutures.

Treatment:

Procedure: Barbed suture

Flap will be approximated using conventional, simple continuous suturing with conventional sutures

Active Comparator group

Description:

After administration of adequate amount of local anesthesia, planned muco-gingival surgery will be performed and flap will be approximated using conventional, simple continuous suturing with conventional sutures.

Treatment:

Procedure: Barbed suture