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SOCKIT! ® ORAL HYDROGEL WOUND DRESSING Pain Study
Gen Dent. 2009 Jul-Aug;57(4):420-7.
A drug-free oral hydrogel wound dressing for pain management in immediate denture patients.
Kennedy TJ, Hall JE.
This article evaluated a drug-free oral hydrogel wound dressing composed entirely of natural food ingredients for its ability to relieve pain in immediate denture patients. Evaluation occurred at a 24-hour postoperative appointment. For this crossover study, 44 patients who were taking oral narcotics evaluated their discomfort (using a scale of 0-10) at 1, 3, 5, and 10 minutes after denture insertion with no topical treatment and again after SockIt! Oral Pain Gel was applied to the dentures. The gel provided statistically significant pain relief at all time points beyond that provided by oral narcotic alone (p < 0.0001).
PMID: 19903626 [PubMed - in process]
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