@article{article_566794, title={MICROBIOLOGIC COMPARISON OF SILK, POLYESTER [POLY(ETHYLENETEREPHTHALATE)], POLYGLYCOLIC ACID, AND POLY(GLYCOLIDE-CO-LACTIDE) SUTURE MATERIALS IN ORAL SURGERY}, journal={Atatürk Üniversitesi Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi Dergisi}, volume={29}, pages={440–447}, year={2019}, DOI={10.17567/ataunidfd.566794}, author={Yalçın, Ertan and Uslu, Hakan and Dayı, Ertunç}, keywords={sütür materyalleri, mikrobiyolojik türler, oral cerrahi}, abstract={<p>Aim: The aim of this study is to compare the microbiological colonization on different intraoral suture <br />materials used in patients, undergone oral surgery. <br />Material and Methods: Suture materials were <br />applied to 60 patients during dentoalveolar surgical <br />interventions. Patients were randomly divided into 4 <br />groups of 15. Four different types of suture materials <br />were introduced into the patients after surgical <br />removal of their impacted lower third molars. In the <br />postoperative seventh day, suture materials were <br />removed. After these sutures were washed in sterile <br />saline solution containing tubes, we performed various <br />microbiological isolation and differentiation techniques. <br />Results: In microbiological examination, 13 aerobic <br />species, 7 anaerobic species, 1 yeast species, and 1 <br />mold species were isolated from the non-absorbable <br />suture materials. Eight aerobic strains, 9 anaerobic <br />strains, and additionally, 1 yeast and 2 mold strains <br />were isolated from the absorbable suture materials. <br />Conclusion: In light of the data obtained, we believe <br />that polyglycolic acid based suture materials might be <br />preferred in oral surgery. However, this choice should <br />be made by considering the other features of the <br />suture materials. And also, since the colonization of <br />pathogenic microorganisms could turn the sutures into <br />a potential oral pathogen reservoir, sutures should be <br />removed as soon as possible. <br /> </p>}, number={3}, publisher={Atatürk Üniversitesi}