Knowledge and Awareness on Various Suturing Techniques Used in Minor Oral Surgeries Among Dental Students

Abstract

There are oral surgical procedures that are part of the broad scope of general dentistry. These include routine oral surgery such as the extraction of teeth, suturing wounds, and biopsying suspicious soft tissue lesions. The ability to suture is one of the essential skills required of anyone planning to perform surgery.Learning to suture in an expert manner requires an understanding of the proper techniques and dedicated practice. The aim of the study is to evaluate the knowledge and awareness on various suturing techniques used in minor oral surgeries among dental students. An online questionnaire was prepared and circulated among the students of dental colleges.The sample size is 100. The data was tabulated and then imported to SPSS software by IBM and the statistical chi square test was done. 91% of the students were aware of the various suturing techniques practiced in dentistry. 47% of the students use simple continuous suturing technique in their practice.When the correlation was done between best suture material and best time for suture removal, P value was 0.000 which was statistically significant. Within the limits of the study, dental students were aware of various suturing techniques used in minor oral surgeries.

Knowledge, awareness, and prevalence of various types of suturing techniques used for intraoral wound closure

“…Multifilament sutures tend to have a higher risk of stimulating infection when compared to monofilament sutures because they may enhance bacterial adhesion to adjacent sterile regions through capillary action, hence boosting the infection process. [ 32 33 ] Another study by Reddy[ 34 ] revealed that when questioned if they were aware of the available options in dentistry, 91% of the clinicians were aware and only 9% were not, which is identical to the results obtained in our study and thus revealed that majority of the test population were conscious of the different suture techniques.…”

Awareness of usage of Vicryl suture material in oral surgical procedures

“…A study by Reddy and Aishwarya Reddy[ 44 ] stated that about 91% of dental students were aware of the various suturing techniques. In our study, about 96% were aware of the Vicryl suture material.…”