Surgical cements function as periodontal and soft tissue apostles after the oral surgeries and dental removals to protect the sutures, help the scarring and improve the patient feeling with shorter, more comfortable recoveries.
There are different alternatives on the market, these products stand out from the traditional cements because of a big difference, the need in its disposition on the soft tissues.
These requirement has needed the development of materials with special properties:
- Flexibility, a non-rigid consistency and not to be uncomfortable to the patient nor dislocate during the patient´s functional movements.
- A physical barrier, protection against infections on top of the maintenance of the wounds, sutures, alveoli clean of food residues or foreign bodies.
- Bio-compatibility, without irritators of the soft tissues like eugenol or, that stop the coagulation and scarring processes.
- Aesthetic and comfort for the patient, allow to facilitate his recuperation and provide a similar color of the gum. All of this facilitates the dentist labor and its recognition as a dental professional.
RESO-PAC by Hager-Werken
The german brand, Hager-Werken, offers Reso-Pac, a periodontal coating adhesive fully based in totally absorvable cellulose, available in single-dose format to facilitate its application, always ready without loosing properties nor wasting material.
Ideal for wound protection and sutures in implantology, periodontics, after an extraction, in orthodontics and prosthesis. On top of that, it results ideal too as a drug carrier for them to act effectively on the area to be treated.
Reso-Pac characteristics:
- It allows being applied directly on periodontal injuries, sutures and intraoral points of pressure.
- Antibacterial barrier and helps the healing process.
- Resorbable, it stays in the mouth up to 30 hours and it auto-dissolves.
- Pleasant for the patient as it is mantained with a smooth consistency, odorless and with a neutral taste.
ALVEOGYL by Septodont
Alveogyl, is a hemostatic alveolar dressing with analgesic power especially designed for the alveolitis treatment, providing a calming effect on the area quickly relieving the pain.
A solution of fibrous consistency that provides the Penghawar fibers, allow the paste to be molded into the desired size and shape on the area to be treated.
Alveogyl characteristics:
- Good adhesion on the alveoli and open wounds.
- Analgesic, calming effect on the alveolar tissues which helps to alleviate quickly the pain.
- Comfortable and easy to use: one-step application
- Auto-elimination treatment that doesn´t require suture nor any special attention apart from observation of the healing process.
- It can also be used as a post-extraction apostle on patients with a history of alveolitis.
COE-PAK by GC
COE-PAK is a biocompatible material for periodontal apostles, to cover sutures or stabilize loose teeth. Eugenol-free, it works as a periodontal coating with an elastic module with enough resistance to prevent it from breaking when working with tips and cuts.
COE-PAK characteristics:
- Available in cartridge or for manual mixing.
- Easy moulding.
- Elastic consistency.
- Patient friendly: no burning feeling nor disgusting taste.
- Proved protection of surgical areas.
- It helps scarring.
- Without eugenol, so it is compatible with resins.
- Does not adhere to gloves.
