Othman S, Haugen E, Gjermo P. The effect of CHX supplementation in periodontal dressing. Acta Odont Scand, 47:361, 1989.

Purpose

Comparison of dressing with and without incorporation of CHX

Materials and Methods

• Split mouth double blind design
• 11 Patients
• Gingivectomy at least in 2 contralateral quads for each patient
• Coe-Pak was used
• 1 week in place Both pack were placed in randomized sequence
• Interview of pts for subjective symptoms
• Evaluation of pack at removal
• Degree of healing: tendency to bleeding
• Antibacterial activity was assessed by recording presence or absence of zone of inhibition on Petri dishes.

Results

• Test side showed a faster healing
• Subjective symptoms were better on test side
• The Coe-Pak with CHX showed a longer antibacterial activity. More than 24 hr.
• After 7 days none of the dressings showed antibacterial activity
• Only the dressing with CHX showed antibacterial activity after 4 days in the mouth.

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