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Trial reportClinical oral investigations2023

Pre-operative, chair-side Zn-containing surgical stents affect morbidity and wound healing after free gingival graft harvesting: a randomized clinical trial.

Bahar Alkaya, Hamza Gokhan Kayhan, Andy Temmerman, Mehmet Cenk Haytac, Wim Teughels

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Trial report in Clinical oral investigations, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Bahar AlkayaDepartment of Periodontology Faculty of Dentistry, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
Hamza Gokhan KayhanDepartment of Periodontology Faculty of Dentistry, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
Andy TemmermanDepartment of Oral Health Sciences, KU Leuven & Dentistry (Periodontology), University Hospitals Leuven, Louvain, Belgium.
Mehmet Cenk HaytacDepartment of Periodontology Faculty of Dentistry, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
Wim TeughelsDepartment of Oral Health Sciences, KU Leuven & Dentistry (Periodontology), University Hospitals Leuven, Louvain, Belgium.
Cukurova University · TRKU Leuven · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo compare a pre-operatively, chair-side made, zinc-containing surgical stent (ZN) and suturing of a gelatin-based hemostatic agent (HA) on palatal wound healing and patient morbidity after free gingival graft surgery (FGG). MATERIALS AND

methodsSixty patients requiring FGG were randomly divided into two groups to receive either a ZN or a sterile HA sutured on the surgical area. Patients were evaluated at 1st, 3rd, 7th, 14th, 28th, and 56th days following surgery. Overall surgical time, donor site surgical time, postoperative pain (PP), delayed bleeding (DB), changes in dietary habits (DH), burning sensation (BS), completion of re-epithelialization (CE), and patients' discomfort (PD) were evaluated.

resultsDonor site surgical time, PP, DB, DH, BS were statistically significantly lower in the ZN group together with faster completion of re-epithelialization compared to the HA group.

conclusionPre-operatively, chair-side made, zinc-containing surgical stents provided significant benefits for wound healing parameters and patients' postoperative morbidity after FGG harvesting. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: The results show that using Zn-containing palatal stent after free gingival graft surgery significantly reduces pain and patient morbidity during the postoperative period.

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GingivaOral Surgical ProceduresHumansPalatePostoperative PainWound HealingFree gingival graftPalatal stentWound healingZinc-embedded polymer

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PMID37468598
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