Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: November | Volume: 7 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 167-174
Antimicrobial Sutures for Periodontal Surgeries
Neethi Deborah Devadason1, Rajasekar S.2, Siji Jacob3, Kavitha J.4
1Post graduate student, 2Head and Professor, 3Professor, 4Associate Professor,
Department of Periodontics, Rajah Muthiah Dental College and Hospital, Annamalai University,
Chidambaram-608002.
Corresponding Author: Neethi Deborah Devadason
ABSTRACT
Background: Flap surgeries could sometimes be followed by complications as they are more vulnerable to developing infection, due to surgical site contamination. Suture materials play an important role in this and it has led to the idea of developing suture materials coated with antimicrobial agents.
Highlights: Several metals and chemical agents that are known to have antimicrobial properties have been used to create and/or coat these suture materials to protect the surgical site from possible infections and enhance the healing process. Some of these even exhibit gradual drug release to keep the site relatively free of any active microbial action. These are especially useful in the oral cavity which is an easy access home to several micro-organisms. This review article carefully studies and elaborates on the effects of antimicrobial sutures and its advantages, as documented by various studies, obtained via electronic searches on various databases.
Conclusion: Many clinical trials have been done to assess the effectiveness of triclosan based sutures and their beneficial outcomes have been widely endorsed, while there is limited documentation on the effects of the other materials. Further research in this area would be useful to promote the future use of antimicrobial sutures, with a broad range of alternatives to choose from.
Keywords: Antimicrobial sutures, bacterial colonization, bacterial adhesion, non- cytotoxic, surgical site infection.
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