Adjunctive Use of an Antibacterial Honey Dressing for Palatal Wound Healing After Harvesting a Free Gingival Graft

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2020-05-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This case-control study will afford a more understanding of the clinically benefits that the antibacterial honey dressing material has in palatal wound healing and the subsequent effects in post-operative morbidity.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Riyadh Elm University
• Treatments: Anti-Bacterial Agents

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• be 18 years and more

• systemically healthy

• non-smoker

• full-mouth plaque and bleeding scores <20%,

Exclusion Criteria:

• has history of mucogingival surgery on the palatal area

• pregnant women

• systemic antibiotics taken for at least six months

• has coagulation disorders (e.g. Hemophilia a/b, von Willebrand disease, liver disease, anticoagulative therapy)

• on corticosteroids, or with any systemic disease that precluded periodontal surgery.