Awareness on types of suture materials used in post operative surgery among dental practitioners

Abstract

 Surgical suture is a medical device used to hold body tissues together after an injury or surgery. Application generally involves using a needle with an attached length of thread. A number of different shapes, sizes, and thread materials have been developed. Surgical knots are used to secure the sutures.

Aim: The main aim of this study is to analyse the awareness on types of suture material used in post operative surgery among the dental practitioners.

Materials and method:  This cross sectional study is based on the awareness of suture materials. Questionnaires were prepared and distributed to the students of an institution. The study group consisted of 200 students of both genders. The resulting data was analysed using the statistical SPSS software.

Results: Among the 200 total patients, 39.80% of them were males and 60.20% of them were females. About 52.58% of the practitioners are aware of the suture materials used and the correlation test shows that the 44.28% females are more aware than the males.

Conclusion : There are newer suturing procedures and materials available in the market like cyanoacrylates, polydioxanone etc..Notwithstanding, the decision of suture material depends upon the degree of the injury and the decision of the specialist. This survey concludes over the limitations that specialists are aware of the suture material especially the females are more aware than males about the recently used suture material in the practises but the the usage of them is a big question mark which may be due to the expenses, trial and errors issues.