Wound closure is a part of any
surgical procedure and the objective of
laceration repair or incision closure is to approximate the edges of a
wound so that natural healing process may occur. Over the years new
biomaterials have been discovered as an alternate to conventional
suture materials.
Cyanoacrylate bioadhesives are one among them. They carry the advantages of rapid application, patient comfort, resistance to
infection,
hemostatic properties, and no
suture removal anxiety. Hence this study was undertaken to study the effect of long chain
cyanoacrylate as an adhesive for intraoral
wound closure and also to explore its
hemostatic and antibacterial effects. Isoamyl-2-cyanoacrylate (AMCRYLATE) was used as the adhesive in the study. In conclusion
isoamyl cyanoacrylate can be used for intraoral
wound closure, as an alternative to
sutures for gluing the mucoperiosteum to bone, for example, after impaction removal, periapical surgeries, and cleft repair. Its
hemostatic and antibacterial activity has to be further evaluated.