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[The retractive effects of different gingival retraction agents]
1Dept. of Stomatology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
Objective:
To evaluate the retractive effects of different gingival retraction agents.
Methods:
Thirty subjects with healthy gingival conditions were recruited to the trial, and the buccal gingival sulcus of the hibateral first max-illary premolars of each subject (n=60) were treated randomly with one of the six agents--Group A was tetrahydrozoline hydrochloride, Group B was oxymetazoline hydrochloride, Group C was epinephrine hydrochlorid, Group D was AlCl3, Group E was Fe2 (SO4)3, and Group F was normal saline as control. Both pre-treated and post-treated accurate impressions of buccal gingival sulcus of the experimental teeth were made, so were the anhydrite casts. The casts of experimental teeth were sectioned into 2 mm slices bucco-lingually at the buccal eminence. Then the width of the sulcus was measured as the distance from the tooth to the crest of the gingival under a low-power microscope to compare the effect of these gingival retraction agents.
Results:
The width of gingival sulcus became larger after the treatment in all groups (P < 0.05). Either Group A or Group B had greater gingival retraction effects than Group C and Group F (P < 0.05). Except Group F, both Group D and Group E had no significant differences from the other groups (P > 0.05). There was no statistically signification between Group D and Group E (P > 0.05), neither was there any statistically significance between Group A and Group B (P > 0.05).
Conclusion:
Tetrahydrozoline manifested excellent effect of gingival retraction.
