Research Article
The Effect of Chlorhexidine and Listerine® Mouthwashes on the Tensile Strength of Selected Absorbable Sutures: An In Vitro Study
Table 1
Summary of the mean values + standard deviation (SD) of sutures tensile strength in Mega Pascal (MPa) in relation to different media and time points.
| | SUTURE | MEDIA | TIME POINTS | | 24 hours | 3 days | 7 days | 10 days | 14 days |
| | VICRYL 4-0 | DRY | 2151 (1257) | 735 (148) | 346 (311) | 755 (462) | 571 (708) | | SALIVA | 1594 (805) | 1168 (586) | 1291 (454) | 1115 (558) | 565 (377) | | CHX | 1522 (1219) | 1331 (681) | 1940 (174) | 1388 (470) | 1064 (717) | | LISTERINE | 1345 (583) | 1798 (739) | 1580 (888) | 2134 (154) | 1984 (138) |
| | VICRYL 5-0 | DRY | 1260 (1435) | 1425 (395) | 533 (134) | 938 (579) | 1040 (589) | | SALIVA | 831 (448) | 988 (555) | 1025 (580) | 1499 (666) | 1011 (652) | | CHX | 1978 (1019) | 2298 (1048) | 2045 (1031) | 2271 (787) | 2439 (177) | | LISTERINE | 1211 (893) | 2057 (995) | 2550 (785) | 2656 (135) | 2546 (263) |
| | MONOCRYL 4-0 | DRY | 2151 (1257) | 1709 (386) | 1291 (518) | 1208 (777) | 793 (239) | | SALIVA | 1594 (805) | 1847 (831) | 2113 (149) | 1285 (574) | 1120 (170) | | CHX | 1522 (1219) | 850 (803) | 756 (562) | 538 (312) | 560 (270) | | LISTERINE | 1345 (583) | 1131 (741) | 554 (303) | 580 (527) | 352 (261) |
| | MONOCRYL 5-0 | DRY | 1334 (943) | 2407 (1007) | 1757 (879) | 2255 (567) | 1363 (793) | | SALIVA | 1284 (1035) | 2175 (1453) | 2121 (682) | 2097 (117) | 910 (192) | | CHX | 2026 (1223) | 1546 (880) | 1197 (904) | 1143 (507) | 874 (548) | | LISTERINE | 995 (406) | 800 (310) | 481 (226) | 437 (179) | 353 (178) |
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