Efficacy of ozone gel, doxycycline saturated chitosan dressing versus Alveogyl in pain alleviation and healing of alveolar osteitis in diabetic patients
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
60
(Ozene; Premier Research Labs, lp, 3500-b Wadley pl, Austin, TX, USA. 78728) applied in dry socket
doxycycline hyclate ( Atridox 10% Tolmar Inc, USA) saturated chitosan dressing (HHD) HemCon dental dressing Pro ( Tricol Biomedical, Inc. USA) applied in dry socket
Faculty of Dentistry, Minia University
Minya, Egypt
Pain scores will be recorded on visual analog scale (VAS)
visual analog scale (VAS) is a scale from 0 to 10. 0 indicates no pain while indicates extensive unbearable pain
Time frame: 7 days
Healing score of the extraction socket
According to the amount of granulation tissue: Nil: no granulation tissue * Granulation tissue in one quarter or less * Granulation tissue in 2 quarters +++ Granulation tissue in 3 quarters ++++ Granulation tissue in 4 quarters
Time frame: 21 days
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