Comparative evaluation of two antibacterial-coated resorbable sutures versus noncoated resorbable sutures in periodontal flap surgery: A clinico-microbiological study

• Egile Nagusiak: Prerna Ashok Karde (Egilea), Kunal Sunder Sethi (Egilea), Swapna Arunkumar Mahale (Egilea), Alefiya Shabbir Mamajiwala (Egilea), Aishwarya Madhukar Kale (Egilea), Chaitanya Pradeep Joshi (Egilea)
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• Argitaratua: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Sutures at the surgical site can act as a reservoir for microbes, leading to surgical site infection. This mainly occurs in braided sutures due to wicking action. The use of triclosan-coated suture (TCS) or chlorhexidine-coated suture (CCS) could be one of the possible alternatives to re...