Efficacy of Chlorhexidine after Oral Surgery Procedures on Wound Healing: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Antibiotics (Basel) · 2023 · PMC10604691 · PMID 37887254

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very close to significancep = 0.052so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Again, in this aspect, evidence on the goodness of using CHX plus chitosan for the prevention of pain after third molar surgery derives exclusively from two clinical trials which, although by definition do not support solid evidence, yield a result very close to significance ( p = 0.052), suggesting that new research studies probably allow confirmation of the benefits regarding the combination of both drugs.

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