Oral Surg Oral Med O
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Oral Surg Oral Med O · Apr 1998
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialPerioperative use of 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate for the prevention of alveolar osteitis: efficacy and risk factor analysis.
The purposes of this study were to evaluate the use of 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate as a prophylactic therapy for the prevention of alveolar osteitis and to further examine subject-based risk factors associated with alveolar osteitis. ⋯ These data confirm that the prophylactic use of 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate mouthrinse results in a significant reduction in the incidence of alveolar osteitis after the extraction of impacted mandibular third molars. In addition, oral contraceptive use in females was confirmed to be a risk factor for the development of alveolar osteitis.