HemCon Dental Dressing effectively lowers intraoral bleeding time from extraction sites in patients on DAPT

Results

Intra-oral bleeding time was lower in HDD compared with control (2 [2-5] vs. 5 [2-8] minutes, p=0.001). Prolonged postoperative bleeding was observed in 7 cases (11.6%), all of them successfully managed with local sterile gauze pressure. More HDD treated sites presented better healing when compared with control sites [21 (36.8%) vs. 5 (8.8%), p=0.03]. There was poor correlation between platelet reactivity and intra-oral bleeding time.

In patients on DAPT, HDD resulted in a lower intra-oral bleeding time compared to oxidized cellulose gauze after dental extractions. Moreover, HDD also seems to improve healing conditions.

Reference:

Bruno Guardieiro, Marcela Alves Santos-Paul, Remo Holanda de Mendonça Furtado, Talia Dalçóquio, Rocío Salsoso, Itamara Lúcia Itagiba Neves, Ricardo Simões Neves, Cyrillo Cavalheiro Filho, Luciano Moreira Baracioli, José Carlos Nicolau. Comparison between two different local hemostatic methods for dental extractions in patients on dual antiplatelet therapy: a within-person, single-blind, randomized study, Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice,2023,101863,ISSN 1532-3382,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebdp.2023.101863.

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