EFFICACY OF OXIDIZED CELLULOSE FOAM IN PREVENTING ALVEOLAR OSTEITIS

In achieving hemostasis in 40 out of 208 cases of third molar extraction in Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Purvanchal Institute of Dental Sciences, Gorakhpur UP, Oxidized cellulose foam (OCF) was used, The incidence of Alveolar Osteitis (AO) in OCF treated sockets was found to be 5% (2/40) which was significantly lower than the non-OCF treated sockets 12% (20/168). The use of Oxidized cellulose (OCF) was found to be associated with decreased incidence of Alveolar Osteitis in mandibular third molar extraction cases