A clinical study to evaluate the workingof silk sutures and barbed sutures as wound closure agent after third molar surgery.

TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF KNOTLESS BARBED MONOFILAMENT PDS SUTURE VERSUS BLACK BRAIDED SILK SUTURE AS A WOUND CLOSURE AGENT FOR SURGICAL REMOVAL OF IMPACTED MANDIBULAR THIRD MOLAR â?? A SPLIT MOUTH RANDOMIZED CONTROL CLINICAL TRIAL

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 1Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2023/06/054263

Enrollment

Registered

2023-06-21

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-06-26

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: K011- Impacted teeth

Interventions

Intervention1: PDS barbed knotless Sutures: PDS barbed monofilament sutures. They do not require knot to hold the tisssue. Hence, it is a knotless suture. & days is required for intervention. Control

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients who fall within the ASA 1 (American Society of Anaesthesiology) classification Patients with clinical and radiological records indicating that bilaterally impacted mandibular third molars require surgical removal. Patients with similar difficulty indexes of impacted mandibular teeth

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Pregnant and lactating women. Patients with history of systemic diseases Patients with bleeding disorder. Patient who has lignocaine allergy.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To measure duration of time taken for closure of the intraoral wound.Timepoint: During surgery in minutes	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To measure the amount of post operative swelling .Timepoint: On 3rd & 7th postoperative day The following measurements were made between five landmarks Gonion to lateral canthus of eye. Tragus to angle of mouth. Tragus to pogonion. ;Wound healingTimepoint: Using Early Wound Healing Score	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Nandini Mahesh

Terna Dental College

drsachinbagade@gmail.com9373259301

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026