ABSTRACT

Mouthwash has been used in a number of clinical areas of oral health. Various flap techniques are advocated in flap surgery. This study is done to assess the current trends in mouthwash prescription after periodontal surgery. A study of sample size 311 was taken of patients who underwent periodontal flap surgery. The details on the type of mouthwash that was prescribed was obtained by reviewing the case sheets of the patients who underwent flap surgery. Excel tabulation was done, the data was transferred to SPSS version 19 for statistical analysis. From the study, it has been found that the frequency of chlorhexidine prescription is 66%, herbal mouthwash is 0.3%, other mouthwashes prescribed were 0.6% and 33% of the patients were prescribed no mouthwashes. Within the limits of the study, it was found that chlorhexidine (CHX) was prescribed most frequently after periodontal surgery. It was also found that CHX was prescribed most commonly to the patients who underwent periodontal flap surgery in which kirkland flap was employed. Keywords: Chlorhexidine; flap surgery; herbal; kirkland flap; mouthwash
Publication date: 01/08/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.8.1074