Background: Suture materials play an important role in healing of wounds, enabling reconstruction and reassembly of tissue separated by a surgical procedure or a trauma, and at the same time facilitating and promoting healing and hemostasis. The present study was aimed to examine the speed of wound healing and complications after the use of three different absorbable synthetic suture materials [catgut, polyglycolic acid (Dexon) and polyglactin 910 (Vicryl rapide)], in oral surgery procedures.
Materials & Methods: This study was conducted in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery department from Jan 2014 to May 2015 on 108 patients undergoing root resection or surgical extraction of third molars. The patients were chosen randomly, with 54 maxillary and 54 mandibular surgical interventions. Therefore, each of the suture materials (catgut, Dexon and Vicryl rapide) was used for 9 root resections and 9 surgical third molar extractions in the maxilla, as well as in the mandible (total of 36 surgical interventions for each suture material). Results: Vicryl rapide provide better response than catgut and dexon. Local tissue reaction and dehiscence was also lowed with vicryl rapide as compare to others. Conclusion: Vicryl rapide has the best properties of the available absorbable suture materials for application in oral surgery. Vicryl rapide contributes more than catgut or Dexon to faster healing of human wounds, with fewer incidences of wound dehiscence and milder local reactions.
Key Words: Catgut, Dexon, hemostasis, Vicryl rapide.