The aim of this study is to compare the effect of using 2% curcumin gel versus gelatin sponge when applied to palatal donor site in pain management and wound healing after free gingival graft harvesting.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
curcumin gel 2%
Faculty of Dentistry
Cairo, Manial, Egypt
RECRUITINGpost-operative pain
post -operative pain measured by visual analouge scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (highest pain value)
Time frame: one week post operative
Soft tissue healing of the palatal wound
Soft tissue healing of the palatal wound measured by Modified Landry's wound healing score from 1 indicates poorest healing to 5 indicates excellent healing
Time frame: up to three weeks post-operative
Re-epithelization of the palatal wound
Re-epithelization of the palatal wound using H2O2 test
Time frame: up to three weeks post-operative
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