Open AccessClinical and histological evaluation of two dressing materials in the healing of palatal wounds
Author(s) -
M Shanmugam,
Tamil Selvan Kumar,
KV Arun,
Ramya Arun,
Sigamani Karthik
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of indian society of periodontology (print)/journal of indian society of periodontology (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 0975-1580
pISSN - 0972-124X
DOI - 10.4103/0972-124x.76929
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , wound healing , visual analogue scale , surgery
Free gingival grafts have been used extensively for gingival augmentation procedures, but are associated with postoperative morbidity because of the open palatal wound. This study compares the clinical efficiency of two dressing materials, a non-eugenol-based dressing (Coe-Pak™) and a collagen dressing (Colla Cote(®)) on palatal wound healing.