Comparison of Postoperative Healing in Bilateral Maxillary Sinus Lift Surgery: Chlorexidine Gel 0.12% X Bluem Gel
Abstract:
There are several postoperative protocols that can be carried out after oral surgery, all of them aim to maintain local hygiene and the patient's general well-being, so that healing can happen normally. Despite the prescription of products based on Chlorhexidine (CHX) being the most indicated by dentists, some patients have sensitivity and/or resistance due to its excessive use, for which it is necessary to test other alternative formulations. The present article is a split-mouth and compared study, comparing through a photographic protocol, the clinical evolution with the analysis of photographic pixels, generated by the ImageJ® software, of the post-surgical healing of a bilateral maxillary sinus lift surgery, in a same patient who used 0.12% CHX Gel on the left side, and BlueM Gel on the right side, for 5 consecutive days. Clinically, it was noted that healing took place more quickly on the right side, with tissue contraction in the posterior area, more tissue in pink (less inflamed), and a large concentration of immature vessels (neo-vessels) in the center of the lesion, which indicates the beginning of tissue granulation formation. When interpreting the program data, although the right side, on the fifth day, still has more red dots (9.2%) compared to the other side (8.2%), this side has more pink dots (28.4%) when compared to the left (26.4%), thus corroborating the clinical findings. Therefore, the product can be an alternative for patients who are not sensitive to any of its components felt in the formula, seeking healing interference.
