Dr. Navneet Kaue
National dental college and Hospital Derabassi,India
Abstract Title:
Comparative evaluation of oxygenating agent “blue m gel” and traditional periodontal dressing “Coe-Pak” on patient preference parameters (Pain and wound healing) after surgical depigmentation– A split mouth study
Biography:
Dr Navneet Kaur is currently working as Associate Professor at National Dental College & Hospital Derabassi. She did her postgraduate study at Sudha Rustagi College of dental sciences Faridabad, Haryana under PT. B D Sharma University of health sciences, Rohtak, India. She has been awarded as Laureate certificate for extraordinary contribution to Cureus Journal of Medical Sciences in 2021 and 2022. She delivered a guest lecture in world dental conference (Virtual) in 2020. She got a second prize in 3rd International conference on dentistry and oral health in 2021. She has delivered a key note presentation in 3rd Online International Conference on Clinical dentistry & Oral Health” 2022(Virtual).
Research Interests:
For the management of gingival hyperpigmentation surgical technique with scalpel is still considered the gold standard, although healing may occur by secondary intension and oxygen is one of the essential nutrients for cellular metabolism and production of energy through ATP. Aim & Objectives: To clinically evaluate and compare the effectiveness of oxygenating agent (Blue M Gel) and traditional periodontal dressing COE-PAK on patient preference parameters (pain and wound healing) after surgical depigmentation. Materials and Methods: This split-mouth randomized clinical trial was conducted on 5 individuals with maxillary or mandibular physiologic gingival pigmentation class (III) and (IV) according to the Dummett–Gupta Oral Pigmentation Index (10 treated sites). The maxilla or the mandible was randomly divided into two symmetrical parts i.e. from the right second premolar to the midline and from the midline to the left second premolar—to receive either Blue M gel or Coe-Pak as a periodontal dressing after surgical depigmentation with a scalpel. Patient preference parameters such as pain was assessed after 24 hours and 7 days of intervention and re-epithelisation index with toluidine blue was assessed after 1 week and 1 month of intervention. Results: pain score and re-epithelisation score was less in Test group (Blue M Gel) as compared to control group (COE-PAK) and was found to be statistically significant. Conclusion: It can be concluded that Blue M gel can also be a better alternative as a periodontal dressing compared to COE-PAK due to its properties of better healing and decreasing post-operative pain.
