Angel S. Asmat-Abanto; Alexandra F. Ávila-Rodríguez & Elva Mejía-Delgado
Summary
The objective of the study was to compare black silk suture threads and nylon suture with respect to bacterial adhesion after simple dental extraction of posterior pieces. The present study was developed in the Clínica Estomatológica and the Laboratorio de Microbiología of the Unidad de Ciencias Biomédicas y Biotecnología de la Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego (Trujillo, Peru), between August and September 2014. We worked with 19 units sampling for black silk thread and 19 for nylon. The procedure of exodontia for all patients was standardized. After the extraction, the surgical wound was sutured, placing two circumferential points, one with each type of thread. After 7 days, the threads were removed and subjected to microbiological analysis. The bacterial adhesion of the black silk and nylon suture strands was compared using the Wilcoxon test. In addition, the bacterial adhesion of each strand was compared with the adhesion in sterile strands (control) using the Mann-Whitney test for p <0.005. When comparing the bacterial adhesion of both threads, a difference was found between them (p = 0.027), corresponding greater adhesion to the nylon thread. Bacterial adhesion was higher in nylon suture compared to black silk suture.
KEY WORDS: sutures, tooth extraction, bacterial adhesion.
How to cite this article
ASMAT-ABANTO, A. S.; ÁVILA-RODRÍGUEZ, A. F. & MEJÍA-DELGADO, E. Bacterial adhesion in black silk suture thread and nylon post simple dental extraction: controlled clinical trial. Int. J. Odontostomat., 13(2):132-136, 2019.